Sun Kai, Lv Yunhe, Chen Yao, Zhou Tingting, Xing Yanyan, Wang Xin
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, P. R. China.
Org Biomol Chem. 2017 May 23;15(20):4464-4467. doi: 10.1039/c7ob00958e.
A new method has been developed for the selenocyanation of aromatic ketones. This reaction avoids the need to use pre-prepared α-halo ketones, providing rapid access to α-carbonyl selenocyanates. We also investigated the mechanism for this reaction and found that it proceeds via sequential radical iodination and nucleophilic substitution reactions.