Abstract: | Aromatic and aliphatic nitriles can be conveniently converted into the corresponding selenocarboxamides with Se/CO/H2O under atmospheric pressure without use of a base. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 19:211–214, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/hc.20398 |