Lanthanum-catalyzed stereoselective synthesis of vinyl sulfides and selenides

Lanthanum oxide/TMEDA-catalyzed cross-coupling of vinyl halides with thiols/diphenyl diselenide in anhydrous DMSO and KOH is reported. Utilizing this protocol various vinyl sulfides and selenides were synthesized in excellent yields with retention of the stereochemistry. The catalyst was recyclable.     

Magnetic properties of chromium sulfide selenides and sulfides

Summary The structural parameters of chromium sulfide selenides are intermediate between those of the sulfides and the selenides. The nature of the dependence of the magnetic properties of the sulfide selenides on temperature and composition has much in common with that for the sulfides. The presence of selenium atoms in the sulfide lattice leads merely to some distortion of the anomalies which are observed for the pure sulfides. In the mixed chalcogenides of chromium, gradual oxidation of the monosulfide by selenium takes place, with the conversion of Cr(II) into Cr(III). The principal contribution to the magnetic moments is made by the spin values, equal to 4.9 _B for Cr(II) and 3.87 _B for Cr(III). The slight increase in the lattice parameters of the sulfide selenides (increase in the Cr–Cr distances) compared with the sulfides leads to a decrease in the exchange interactions in the sulfide selenides compared with the sulfides. This is indicated by the change in the paramagnetic Curie temperature with change in composition.Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 163–166, January–February, 1973.     

Analysis of rare earth sulfides, selenides and tellurides

The rare earth content of sulfides, selenides and tellurides is determined by titration with EDTA using Xylenol Orange as indicator. Sulfur is measured by titration of sulfate with lead nitrate solution after removal of rare earths on a cation exchanger. Selenium metal is precipitated from hydrochloric-sulfurous acid solution. Metallic tellurium is deposited from strongly acidic solutions containing sulfurous acid and hydrazine sulfate. An evaluation of the accuracy and precision of these methods is made.     

The preparation of novel metal-rich transition-metal sulfides and selenides by high-temperature techniques

The techniques used for the preparation of metal-rich chalcides by high-temperature techniques are discussed. The two newest metal-rich compounds, two ternary metal-rich sulfides with novel structures, are described.     

Radical addition of secondary phosphine sulfides and selenides to vinyl tellurides

The regiospecific addition of secondary phosphine sulfide and phosphine selenide to alkyl vinyl tellurides proceeds under radical initiation (AIBN, 65–70 °C, 2.5–3.5 h) to afford the anti-Markovnikov adducts, (2-alkyltellanylethyl)phosphine chalcogenides, in 86–99% yields.     

Stereoselective Z-iodoalkoxylation of 1,2-allenyl sulfides or selenides

Iodoalkylation of 1,2-allenyl sulfides or selenides with I₂ in MeCN/ROH (20:1) afforded Z-3-alkoxy-2-iodopropenyl sulfides or selenides in high stereoselectivity and moderate to good yields. The carbon-iodine bonds in these compounds may undergo Suzuki, Negishi, and Sonogashira coupling reaction smoothly.     

A simple and general preparation of vinylic sulfides, selenides and tellurides

A general method for the synthesis of vinylic chalcogenides by nucleophilic and Ni-catalyzed vinylic substitution on vinylic halides by phenyl chalcogenolates is described. The reactions were regio and stereoselective for the nickel catalyzed substitution, and mixture of isomers was observed for some examples in the thermal process in DMF.     

Studies on the regio- and stereoselectivity of halohydroxylation of 1,2-allenyl sulfides or selenides

It was observed that the halohydroxylation of 1,2-allenyl sulfides or selenides with Br2 (CuBr2 or NBS) or I2 and water demonstrated a fairly good regioselectivity (i.e., the C=C bond that is remote from the S or Se atom was halohydroxylated with the halogen atom connecting to the middle carbon atom and the hydroxyl group connecting to the non-S terminal carbon or Se-substituted terminal carbon atom of the allene moiety), leading to the synthesis of synthetically important 3-organosulfur or seleno-2-haloallylic alcohols. The stereoselectivity depends on the nature of X+ and S or Se, showing a Z-selectivity with the matched Lewis acid-base pair.     

Comparative crystal-chemical analysis of d-metal sulfides, selenides, and tellurides and binary compounds

The structures of d-metal sulfides, selenides, and tellurides containing a tetrahedral complex anion have been compared to 1573 representatives of the topological types of binary compounds with the use of the TOPOS structural topological program package. The cases of similarity between these classes of compounds are found and discussed. Based on the results of topological analysis of ionic matrices, the rules are formulated that allow one to predict specific features of the structures of salts with complex chalcogen-containing anions.     

Short and efficient preparation of alkynyl selenides, sulfides and tellurides from terminal alkynes

Diphenyl diselenide reacts with terminal alkynes at room temperature in DMSO in the presence of catalytic amounts of copper iodide to give good to excellent yields of alkynyl phenyl selenides. The reaction occurs under neutral conditions and the solvent acts as the oxidant. Diphenyl disulfide and ditelluride undergo the analogous reaction, but require the presence of a weak inorganic base.     

Efficient trapping of the intermediates in the photooxygenation of sulfides by aryl selenides and selenoxides

Aryl selenides and selenoxides trap efficiently the intermediates in the reaction of singlet oxygen with sulfides. In the co-photooxygenation of 1 equiv of an aryl selenoxide with 1.3 equiv of dimethyl sulfide, the aryl selenone is formed quantitatively. Aryl selenides require 4-5 equiv of sulfide for their complete co-oxidation to selenones.     

New deoxygenation reactions of sulfoxides,selenoxides and primary nitroalkanes to sulfides,selenides and nitriles

The title reactions are performed at room temperature for short periods using P₂I₄. The resulting products are formed in particularly high yield.     

Correlation of the molecular orbitals of organic sulfides (selenides) and five-membered heterocyclic compounds by photoelectron spectroscopy

The structure and the correlation of the molecular orbitals were studied for divinyl chalcogenides and the isoelectronic five-membered heterocyclic compounds by photoelectron spectroscopy (PES). It was shown that the two frontier orbitals are inverted in the transition from divinyl sulfide to thiophene, while the heterocyclization of divinyl selenide is accompanied by quasidegeneration. According to PES, the orbital structure of the alkyl vinyl chalcogenides does not depend on the nature of the heteroatom (S, Se) or on the structure of the alkyl radical: ₂ < ₁ < ₂ < ₂. Linear correlations were obtained between the energies of the ₁ and ₂ MOs of the investigated groups of compounds, i.e., one for the vinyl Sulfides (selenides) and thiophenes (selenophenes) and another for the saturated derivatives of sulfur and selenium. The correlations in the compounds of the various chalcogens do not coincide, although they are similar.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2317–2324, October, 1991.