A facile synthesis of 2‐amino‐1,3‐selenazole by reaction of N,N‐unsubstituted selenourea with ketone

2-Dialkylamino-1,3-selenazoles were yielded by the reaction of N,N-unsubstituted selenoureas with ketones in the presence of ferric chloride. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 17:88–92, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/hc.20180