Highly Regioselective Palladium-catalyzed Double Hydroselenation of Terminal Alkynes with Benzeneselenol in the Presence of Acetic Acid

Ikeda T; Tamai T; Daitou M; Minamida Y; Mitamura T; Kusano H; Nomoto A; Ogawa A

Chemistry Letters, Vol.42, No.11, 1383-1385, 2013

Ikeda T, Tamai T, Daitou M, Minamida Y, Mitamura T, Kusano H, Nomoto A, Ogawa A

Palladium diacetate (Pd(OAc)(2)), in the presence of acetic acid, is found to exhibit excellent catalytic activity for the double hydroselenation of terminal alkynes with benzeneselenol to yield the corresponding diselenoketals regioselectively.