Alternative Metal-Free Synthesis of Diorganoyl Selenides and Tellurides Mediated by Oxone®

Abstract

We herein describe an alternative metal-free methodology for the synthesis of diorganyl selenides and tellurides mediated by ­Oxone®. The products were obtained in moderate to excellent yields by reactions of diorganyl diselenides or ditellurides with aryl boronic acids mediated by Oxone® with use of EtOH as the solvent. The methodology is applicable to a broad scope of diorganyl dichalcogenides and aryl boronic acids containing electron-rich, electron-poor, and sterically hindered substituents.