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Selective catechol oxidations with diphenyl selenoxide. Applications to phenolic coupling.

✍ Scribed by J.P. Marino; Alan Schwartz


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1979
Tongue
French
Weight
213 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0040-4039

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✦ Synopsis


Diphenyl selenoxide was used as a mild and selective oxidant in the synthesis of aporphines and homoaporphines.

An intramolecular coupling between a phenol and a catechol is believed to proceed via catechol selenurane intermediates.