Synthesis of Selenol Esters from Acid Chlorides and Organic Diselenides in the Presence of the Zn/AlCl3 System

Summary.  Treatment of diphenyl and dibenzyl diselenides with aliphatic and aromatic acid chlorides in the presence of Zn/AlCl₃ affords selenol esters. Availability, low costs, and lack of toxicity of the catalysts, simple reaction work-up, and high yields under relatively mild condition are distinct advantages of this method. Corresponding author. E-mail: movassagh@hotmail.com Received August 26, 2002; accepted September 3, 2002 Published online April 3, 2003