Anil Balajirao Dapkekar and Gedu Satyanarayana
Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 8719-8722
DOI:
10.1039/D3CC02294C,
Communication
Substituted organoselenium compounds are crucial structural motifs in pharmaceutical molecules. Herein, we report a metal, oxidant, and base-free electrochemical approach to access 3-selenylindoles through an oxidative cyclization of 2-alkynylanilines with diselenides. This environmentally friendly approach demonstrates a wide range of substrate scope under mild reaction conditions in an electrochemical undivided cell setup.
