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Synthesis 1989; 1989(3): 181-182
DOI: 10.1055/s-1989-27187
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Direct Synthesis of 3-Methylselenophene and 3,4-Dimethylselenophene

Gérard Barbey* , Gérard Dian, Nadine Merlet, Francis Outurquin, Claude Paulmier
  • *Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique et d'Electrochimie Organique, U.E.R. Sciences, Université de Rouen, F-76134 Mont -Saint -Aignan Cedex, France
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17 September 2002 (online)

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3-Methyl- and 3,4-dimethylselenophenes were prepared in 78 and 80% yield, respectively, by passage of 2-methyl-l,3-butadiene and 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene driven by nitrogen through a glass tube kept at 450°C containing fragments of Pyrex glass or sand and selenium vapor.

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