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Comparison of the Reactivity Between Nitrothiophenes and Nitroselenophenes in Polar Cycloaddition Reactions
Published:
29 November 2008
by MDPI
in The 12th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry
session Symposium on Selenium and Tellurium Chemistry
Abstract: Dienophilic behaviour of nitrothiophenes and nitroselenophenes towards Diels-Alder reactions with dienes of medium nucleophilicity is studied under thermal conditions. While nitrated thiophenes reacted via Hetero Diels-Alder, nitrated selenophenes followed the normal process.
Keywords: nitrothiophenes, nitroselenophenes, Diels-Alder