Reduction of selenoamides to amines using SmI2-H2O

Samuel Thurow, Eder J Lenardão, Xavier Just-Baringo, David Procter

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    Abstract

    Selenoamides are selectively reduced to amines by SmI2 with H2O. The process is general for primary, secondary and tertiary aryl and alkyl selenoamide substrates and selectively delivers amine products. The reduction proceeds under mild conditions using SmI2 activated by straightforward addition of H2O, and does not require an additional Lewis base additive.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)50-53
    Number of pages4
    JournalOrganic Letters
    Volume19
    Issue number1
    Early online date9 Dec 2016
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 6 Jan 2017

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