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Synfacts 2010(11): 1315-1315  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258823
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
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Synthesis of Diselenides or Ditellurides with CuO Nanopowder

Contributor(s): Yasuhiro Uozumi, Takao Osako
D. Singh, A. M. Deobald, L. R. S. Camargo, G. Tabarelli, O. E. D. Rodrigues*, A. L. Braga*
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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21 October 2010 (online)

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Significance

Copper(II) oxide nanopowder catalyzed the reaction of elemental selenium and tellurium with aryl and alkyl halides in the presence of KOH to give the corresponding symmetrical di­selenides and ditellurides in up to 96% yield (27 examples).