title: New reactions of selenocarboxylates.
abstract: By treatment with Woollins' reagent in toluene solution, carboxylic acids are converted to selenocarboxylic acids. The latter react in situ to provide new products of acid- or base-promoted substitution, addition, and amidation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, USA. knapp@rutchem.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: Spencer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: Etzer
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Darout
mesh_terms: D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012643:Selenium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D012643:Selenium