Hydrochloric Acid → Dibenzyl diselenide

HRID 597473Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 597473 reaction equation
[CH2:1](Cl)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[Se-:9][Se-:10].[Mg+2].Cl>O>[CH2:1]([Se:9][Se:10][CH2:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 7503Benzyl ChlorideHCID 178506990HCID 178506990, compound

Product 1

HCID 95955Dibenzyl diselenide

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

About 12.6 grams (0.1 moles) benzylchloride is now added by dropwise addition over a period of 15 minutes to the magnesium diselenide reagent. In about 5 to 10 minutes after the mixture of these materials, the reddish brown color of the solution appears discharged. This solution is diluted further by the addition of 200 milliliters water and the addition of 10 milliliters concentrated hydrochloric acid. Upon cooling of this solution, the solids contained within the flask are collected by filtration and recrystallized from ethanol. Yield: 14 grams of yellow crystals (m. p. 94° C). Infrared spectral analysis of this material confirms that it is dibenzyl diselenide.

Workup

  1. additionIn about 5 to 10 minutes after the mixture of these materials
  2. temperatureUpon cooling of this solution
  3. filtrationare collected by filtration
  4. customrecrystallized from ethanol

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-51eefeb9ce084c33ad967f578656f0ae
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1977_03
Patent number
US04014768

Reaction notes

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