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Title: An Unconventional Sulfur-to-Selenium-to-Carbon Radical Transfer: Chemo-and Regioselective Cyclization of Yne-Ynamides

Author(s)Shubham Dutta , B. Prabagar , Rajeshwer Vanjari , Vincent Gandon, and Akhila Kumar Sahoo : Green Chem., 2020, 22, 1113–1118
Journal NameGreen chemistry
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An uncommon sulfur→selenium→carbon radical transfer process is employed to develop an unprecedented selenyl radical-mediated regioselective cyclization of yne-tethered-ynamides. Density functional theory studies and HRMS experiments are used to establish a reactivity scale between thiyl and selenyl radicals. The unique features of this transformation include, 1) the chemoselective reactivity of RSeover RS, 2) regioselective RSeattack on alkyne over ynamide, 3) 5-exo-dig cyclization of yne-ynamide to unusual 4-selenyl-pyrroles, and 4) green synthetic method. The reaction of methyldiselenide with yne-ynamides to methylselenopyrroles is also described.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2020/gc/c9gc03745d