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Oleksandr Vyhivskyi1, Dimitri N Laikov1, Alexander V Finko1
1Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Building 1/3, GSP-1, Moscow 119991, Russia.
Abstract:
An attractive strategy for C-Se bond formation by Ullmann-type copper(I)-promoted cross-coupling is developed. A wide range of aryliodides reacts with various disubstituted 2-selenohydantoins under mild conditions and provides Se-arylated imidazolines in moderate to high yields. Computational mechanistic studies show the oxidative addition/intramolecular reductive elimination likely to be the lowest-energy pathway. Cytotoxic activity of all 43 reaction products has been tested in vitro against MCF7 and A549 cancer cell lines with VA13 and MCF10a control cells.
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