Abstract
Synthesis of new selenium-containing coumarin moiety via the reaction of 4-chloro-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carbonitrile with selenium and sodium borohydride gave 3-cyano-4-coumarinselenol which reacted with different halo-acids, such as chloroacetonitrile, ethyl chloroacetate and chloroacetamide to give the corresponding 3-amino-4-oxo-4H-seleno[3,2-c]chromene derivatives. Hydrazonolysis of the obtained new ethyl 3-amino-4-oxo-4H-seleno[3,2-c]hyphen chromene-2-carboxylate afforded the corresponding hydrazino compound. The hydrazino compound was used as a versatile precursor for synthesis of new other heterocyclic compounds containing selenocoumarin moiety. The newly synthesized compounds were characterized using the spectroscopic tools (IR, H-1 NMR, C-13 NMR and mass spectroscopy) as well as microanalysis.