A Facile O-Alkyl Cleavage of Esters with Sodium Hydrogen Selenide
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 18 (8), 801-804
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918808057848
Abstract
Sodium hydrogen selenide generated in the dipolar aprotic solvent DMF is shown to be an effectively selective reagent for the dealkylation of esters to give the corresponding carboxylic acids in good yields.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Phenyl selenide anion, a superior reagent for the SN2 cleavage of esters and lactonesThe Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1981
- Reaction of selenium with sodium borohydride in protic solvents. A Facile Method for the introduction of selenium into organic moleculesJournal of the American Chemical Society, 1973