title: Organoselenium-catalyzed mild dehydration of aldoximes: an unexpected practical method for organonitrile synthesis.
abstract: Areneselenenic acids (ArSeOH), readily generated from diaryl diselenides and H2O2 by in situ oxidation, were found to be effective and reusable catalysts for dehydration of aldoximes, leading to a practical and scalable preparation of useful organonitriles under mild conditions.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University , Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hongyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jianqing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lautens
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003681:Dehydration; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009570:Nitriles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010091:Oximes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009570:Nitriles; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide