Isoselenocyanates reduction

The Bu3SnH decyanation of isonitriles (Scheme 16) was first reported by Saegusa, and was developed as a general, mild method for reductive deamination by Barton and coworkers who initially showed that a variety of isonitriles, isothiocyanates and isoselenocyanates reacted with Bu3SnH under the usual free radical conditions (reflux in benzene, toluene or xylene with catalytic AIBN) to give good yields of the corresponding hydrocarbon. In concert with the normal order of radical stability, primary... 

The reduction of glycosyl isoselenocyanates to 1,5-anhydro-hexitols is mentioned in Chapter 10. 

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