Room-temperature 8-membered rings
A novel electrochemical seleno-cyclization provides access to medium-sized benzo[b]azocines under ambient conditions, overcoming unfavorable enthalpy and entropy factors, with products easily deselenized to functionalized dienes.
Wang, Zhichuan · Wang, Xin · Quan-Xin, Li · Ni, Shaofei · Zhao, Dongyang · Shubin, Yang · Ge, Qiu · Sun, Kai
Chinese Chemical Letters 2024
Room-temperature preparation
Various structurally diverse medium-sized seleno-benzo[b]azocines
Facile deselenation to functionalized dienes