Chloromethyl selenophenes solvolysis

Selenophene, bis(TV-chlorothioimino)-molecular structure, 4, 939 Selenophene, 2-bromo-mercuration, 4, 946 Selenophene, 3-bromo-lithiation, 4, 949 synthesis, 4, 955 Selenophene, 3-bromo-2-lithio-synthesis, 4, 955 Selenophene, bromonitro-debromination, 4, 78 synthesis, 4, 955 Selenophene, 2-chloromethyl-solvolysis, 4, 952 Selenophene, 3-cyano-synthesis, 4, 955 Selenophene, deutero-deuterium exchange, 4, 949 Selenophene, 2,5-diacyl-3,4-dihydroxy-synthesis, 4, 964... 

Chloromethyl-2,5-dimethyl derivatives of furan, thiophene, and selenophene are solvolyzed faster than their 2-chloromethyl derivatives. For both the 2-chloromethyl and the 3-chloromethyl-3,5-dimethyl series the solvolysis rate increases in the order thiophene < selenophene < furan. 

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