Université de Fribourg

Synthesis and structure of m-terphenyl thio-, seleno-, and telluroethers

Zakai, Uzma I. ; Błoch-Mechkour, Anna ; Jacobsen, Neil E. ; Abrell, Leif ; Lin, Guangxin ; Nichol, Gary S. ; Bally, Thomas ; Glass, Richard S.

In: Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011, vol. 75, no. 24, p. 8363–8371

Several routes for the synthesis of m-terphenyl thio-, seleno-, and telluroethers were investigated. m-Terphenyl iodides react with diphenyl diselenides or ditellurides (CsOH·H₂O, DMSO, 110 °C) to give the desired compounds in 19−84% yield which significantly extends the previously reported such reactions because o-benzyne cannot be an intermediate as previously...