posted on 2016-06-16, 18:25authored byAnup Mandal, Harekrishna Sahoo, Mahiuddin Baidya
An
efficient copper-catalyzed/-mediated and 8-aminoquinoline-assisted
arylselenylation of inert C–H bonds of (hetero)arenes with
readily available diselenides has been reported. The reaction is scalable
and tolerates a wide spectrum of functional groups to deliver diarylselenides
in very high yields (up to 98%). Application of this methodology to
the facile synthesis of thiophene-fused selenochromone was demonstrated.