Evidence of an equilibrium between selenides and osmium(VIII) reagents and selenoxides and osmium(VI) reagents

  • Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Mar 21:(6):558-9. doi: 10.1039/b109420n.
Alain Krief  1 ,  Alexandra Destree ,  Virginie Durisotti ,  Nicolas Moreau ,  Caroline Smal ,  Catherine Colaux-Castillo
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  • 1. Laboratoire de Chimie Organique de Synthèse, Département de Chimie, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium. [email protected]
PMID: 12120122 DOI: 10.1039/b109420n
Abstract

Driving the equilibrium between selenides and osmium(VIII) reagents with selenoxides and osmium(VI) by a subsequent reaction (rearrangement of allyl selenoxides to allyl alcohols or addition of osmium(VIII) species on C=C double bonds) to one side, allows the transformation of methyl geranyl selenides to linalool and of methyl citronellyl selenoxide to 6,7-dihydroxy citronellyl selenide.

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