Diazabutadiene complexes of selenium as Se2+ transfer reagents.
Alkyl and aryl substituted diazabutadiene ligands are shown to support a highly electrophilic "Se(2+)" synthon, which can be utilized in ligand exchange reactions to generate Se centred dicationic coordination complexes.
Dutton
Jason L
JL
Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St., London, Ontario, Canada.
Battista
Taylor L
TL
Sgro
Michael J
MJ
Ragogna
Paul J
PJ