Metal-free sp(3) C-H functionalization: a novel approach for the syntheses of selenide ethers and thioesters from methyl arenes

Satpal Singh Badsara; Yi-Chen Liu; Ping-An Hsieh; Jing-Wen Zeng; Shao-Yi Lu; Yi-Wei Liu; Chin-Fa Lee

doi:10.1039/c4cc04503c

Metal-free sp(3) C-H functionalization: a novel approach for the syntheses of selenide ethers and thioesters from methyl arenes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Oct 7;50(77):11374-7. doi: 10.1039/c4cc04503c.

Authors

Satpal Singh Badsara¹, Yi-Chen Liu, Ping-An Hsieh, Jing-Wen Zeng, Shao-Yi Lu, Yi-Wei Liu, Chin-Fa Lee

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 402, Republic of China. [email protected].

PMID: 25122526
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04503c

Abstract

A DTBP-promoted metal-free and solvent-free formation of C-Se and C-S bonds through sp(3) C-H functionalization of methyl arenes with diselenides and disulfides is described.