title: Face to face activation of a phenylselenium borane with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl substrates: facile synthesis of C-Se bonds.
abstract: Activated olefins directly react with a phenylselenium borane, at room temperature, without any metal or organocatalytic assistance. Up to 10 examples of β-(phenylseleno) substituted ketones and aldehydes have been prepared and theoretical evidence for the mechanism opens up non-existing pathways to create C-heteroatom bonds as a general tool.
authors.affiliation: Department Química Física i Inorgànica, University Rovira i Virgili, C/Marcel·li Domingo, s/n, Tarragona, Spain. mariaelena.fernandez@urv.cat.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Vogels
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Decken
authors.forename: Carles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bo
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Westcott
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernández
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry; D001880:Boranes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D012643:Selenium / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000475:Alkenes; D001880:Boranes; D007659:Ketones; D002244:Carbon; D012643:Selenium