Abstract
Phenyl trimethylsilyl selenide (1) reacted with tetrahydrofurans 2 in dichloromethane in the presence of a catalytic amount of zinc iodide to give ring opened silyl ethers of δ-phenylseleno alcohols 3 in good yields. It was found that well-dried zinc iodide catalyzed the reaction less effectively than moisturized zinc iodide, prepared by treatment of the reagent with water-saturated hexane.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 175-178 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Synthesis (Germany) |
Volume | 1988 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 1988 |