Phenyl selenocyanate is used as a specific source of nucleophilic and electrophilic selenium species in synthetic chemistry.
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Applications
Phenyl selenocyanate is used as a specific source of nucleophilic and electrophilic selenium species in synthetic chemistry.
Solubility
Miscible with organic solvents, terahydro furan, dichloromethane and acetonitrile.
Notes
Store in a cool place. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Chen, W.; Bay, W. P.; Wong, M. W.; Huang, D. Selenium Blue-alpha and -beta: turning on the fluorescence of a pyrenyl fluorophore via oxidative cleavage of the Se-C bond by reactive oxygen species. Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53 (30), 3843-3846.
- Guillemin, J. C. Organic Selenocyanates: Synthesis, Characterization and Uses in Chemistry and Biology. Curr. Org. Chem. 2011, 15 (11), 1670-1687.