Recyclable iodine-catalyzed radical selenylative annulation of 2-alkynyl biaryls with diselenides in water: a green approach to selanyl polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polycyclic heteroaromatics
Nilanjana Mukherjee, Appanapalli N. V. Satyanarayana, Priti Singh, Mudit Dixit, Tanmay Chatterjee
Abstract
A recyclable iodine-catalyzed, highly atom-economical, scalable and green synthetic strategy is developed for the radical selenylative annulation of 2-alkynyl biaryls in water to access a variety of selanyl PAHs and polycyclic heteroaromatics.
Topics & Concepts
AnnulationChemistryCatalysisIodineOrganic chemistryCombinatorial chemistrySulfur-Based Synthesis TechniquesOrganoselenium and organotellurium chemistryCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods