Rhodium catalysed synthesis of seleno-ketals <i>via</i> carbene transfer reactions of diazoesters

Sripati Jana, Polina Aseeva, René M. Koenigs

Chemical Communications · 2019 · 24 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

Herein, we report on rhodium catalysed carbene transfer reactions of diazoesters with diselenides that result in the formal insertion reaction of the carbene fragment into the Se-Se bond to give seleno-ketals in up to 96% yield (35 examples) via an ionic mechanism.

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