Ring Opening of Tetrahydrofurans with Phenyl Trimethylsilyl Selenide Catalyzed by Moist Zinc Iodide
Phenyl trimethylsilyl selenide (1) reacted with tetrahydrofurans 2 in dichloromethane in the presence of a catalytic amount of zinc iodide to give ring opened silyl ethers of δ-phenylseleno alcohols 3 in good yields.It was found that well-dried zinc iodid