New insight into the chemistry of selenoureas : synthesis and single crystal structural study of diverse derivatives
Abstract
Reacting benzoyl chloride with KSeCN in acetone at room temperature, followed by treatment in situ with 4-bromoaniline led to N-((4-bromophenyl)carbamoselenoyl)benzamide in 93% yield. The same reaction was observed for 4-methoxybenzoyl chloride and 4-pentafluorosulfanylaniline, leading to N-((4-pentafluorosulfanylphenyl)carbamoselenoyl)-4-methoxybenzamide in 76% yield. Interestingly, under the same conditions, 4-methoxybenzoyl chloride and 4-bromoaniline gave rise of the unexpected 2-((4-bromophenyl)amino)-2-methylpropanenitrile and 6-bromo-2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline in 45% and 52% yields. Further, the equivalent reaction of 4-nitrobenzoyl chloride and 4-pentafluorosulfanylaniline afforded an additional 3-(4-nitrobenzoyl)imino-5-(4-(pentafluorosulfanyl)phenylamino)-1,2,4-diselenazole in 19% yield apart from the expected 4-nitro-N-((4-(pentafluorosulfanyl)phenyl)carbamoselenoyl)benzamide in 79% yield. Furthermore, a series of five-membered selenium heterocycles was obtained from the reaction of N-acylselenoureas with various phenacyl bromides. All new compounds were characterised spectroscopically, and twelve X-ray single crystal structures were also discussed.
Citation
Hua , G , Du , J , Carpenter-Warren , C L , Cordes , D B , Slawin , A M Z & Woollins , J D 2019 , ' New insight into the chemistry of selenoureas : synthesis and single crystal structural study of diverse derivatives ' , New Journal of Chemistry , vol. 43 , no. 18 , pp. 7035-7043 .
Publication
New Journal of Chemistry
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1144-0546Type
Journal article
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Authors are grateful to the University of St Andrews for financial support and the EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Service Centre (Swansea) for mass spectral measurements.Collections
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