Synthesis, Table of Contents PAPER© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkSubstituted Selenolo[2,3-b]thiophenes and Selenophenes Starting from Ketene DithioacetalsGeoffroy Sommen, Alain Comel, Gilbert Kirsch*Laboratoire d’Ingénierie Moléculaire et Biochimie Pharmacologique, 1 Boulevard Arago, Metz Technopôle, CP 87811, 57078 METZ Cedex 3, Francee-Mail: kirsch@sciences.univ-metz.fr; Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article(opens in new window) All articles of this category(opens in new window) Abstract Substituted selenolo[2,3-b]thiophenes 4 and selenophenes 5 can be easily synthesized in two steps from ketene dithioacetals 1. Key words bicyclic compounds - nucleophilic aromatic substitution - cyclization - selenium - thiols Full Text References References <A NAME="RZ15503SS-1">1</A> Li Y. Cao Z. Neurosci. Lett. 2002, 330: 69 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-2">2</A> Porciúncula LO. Schmidt AP. Coitinho AS. Vinadé L. Izquierdo I. Rocha JBT. Souza DO. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 2002, 451: 165 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-3">3</A> Christiaens L. In Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry Vol. 2: Katritzky AR. Rees CW. Scriven EFV. Elsevier Science Ltd.; Amsterdam: 1996. p.746-747 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-4">4</A> Boles JO. Henderson J. Hatch D. Silks LA. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2002, 298: 257 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-5">5</A> Bae JH. Alefelder S. Kaiser JT. Friedrich R. Moroder L. Huber R. Budisa N. J. Mol. Biol. 2001, 309: 925 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-6">6</A> Sommen G. Comel A. Kirsch G. Synthesis 2003, 735 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-7">7</A> Litvinov VP. Gol’dfarb YL. In Advanced Heterocyclic Chemistry Vol. 19: Katritzky AR. Boulton AJ. Academic Press; New York: 1976. p.123 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-8">8</A> Comel A. Kirsch G. J. Heterocycl. Chem. 2001, 38: 1167 ; and references cited therein <A NAME="RZ15503SS-9A">9a</A> Junjappa H. Ila H. Asokan CV. Tetrahedron 1990, 46: 5423 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-9B">9b</A> Yokoyama M. Togo H. Kondo S. Sulfur Reports 1990, 10: 23 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-9C">9c</A> Tominaga Y. J. Heterocycl. Chem. 1989, 26: 1167 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-9D">9d</A> Sharma S. Sulfur Reports 1989, 8: 327 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-9E">9e</A> Brandsma L. Nedolya NA. Tarasova OA. Trofimov BA. Chem. Hetercycl. Compd. 2000, 36: 1241 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-10">10</A> Sommen G. Comel A. Kirsch G. Synlett 2003, 855 <A NAME="RZ15503SS-11">11</A> Sommen G. Comel A. Kirsch G. Tetrahedron 2003, 59: 1557