Herein, we report an efficient photoinduced α-selenylation of ketones without metal, additives or under photosensitizer-free conditions, providing a green protocol using light energy to synthesize a variety of α-selenoketones.
Direct α-arylchalcogenation of acetone with diaryl dichalcogenides has been achieved by using a mixture of TBHP and DTBP oxidants at 120 °C without transition-metal catalyst via oxidativeC(sp3)–Hbond functionalization. The method exhibits good functional group tolerance and products were isolated in moderate to high yields.