Synlett 2005(13): 2007-2010  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-871936
LETTER
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A Simple Copper Salt-Catalyzed Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diaryl Selenides and Tellurides from Arylboronic Acids with Diphenyl Diselenide and Ditelluride

Lei Wang*a,b, Min Wanga, Fuping Huanga
a Department of Chemistry, Huaibei Coal Teachers College, Huaibei, Anhui 235000, P. R. China
b State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China
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Received 7 June 2005
Publication Date:
12 July 2005 (online)

Abstract

In the presence of a catalytic amount of simple copper salt, the reaction of arylboronic acids with diphenyl diselenide and ditelluride was accomplished without any additive to afford the corresponding unsymmetrical diarylselenides and tellurides in good yields.