title: Synthesis of primary-alkyl selenols and selenides from primary-alkyl thiols involving diphenyl sulfonium salts.
abstract: Hexyl thiol has been transformed to hexyl selenol and related selenides and selenocyanate by substitution of the corresponding hexyldiphenylsulfonium tetrafluoroborate with selenium nucleophiles.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique de Synthese, Facultes Universitaires N.-D. de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, Namur B-5000, Belgium. alain.krief@fundp.ac.be
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krief
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robert