In the presence of catalytic amount of cesium hydroxide the hydrothiolation of alkynyl selenides occurred at room temperature in DMF under nitrogen atmosphere to give exclusive(Z)-1-organoseleno-2-arylthio-1-alkene in excellent yields.It could provide a new and expedient way for the preparation of(Z)-1-arylseleno-2-arylthio-1-alkene.
Ai He YuRen Hua QiuNian Yuan TanLi Feng PengXin Hua Xu
