Them ethodsa vailable for the synthesis of chalcogenophenes,i ng eneral, are associated with drawbacks of harsh conditions,u se of costly metals, broad applicability,t edious purification process and low yield. To avoid these drawbacks at ransition metal-free iodine-catalyzed reactiono fa ryl-susbstituted 1,3-dienyl bromides with potassiums elenocyanate/potassium sulfide (KSeCN/K 2 S) leading to the corresponding selenophenes and thiophenes has been developed. Iodine is relatively benign,l ess expensive andr eadilya vailable.S everal diversely substituteds elenophenes and thiophenes have been obtained by this procedure in high yields.U sing this procedure 2-(4-chlorophenyl)thiophene,akey inter-mediatef or the synthesis of am elanin concentrating hormone receptor ligand involved in the treatment of eating disorders,w eight gain, obesity,d epression and anxiety has been synthesized. Although the reaction is one-pot essentially it proceeds in two steps involving as elenocyanate/thiolate intermediatel eading to the selenophene/thiophene.T he simple operation, use of inexpensive reagents andametal-free process make this procedure more attractive for an easy access to substituted selenophenes andthiophenes. 1 HNMR (300 MHz, CDCl 3 ): d = 7.94 (d, J = 5.8 Hz, 1H), 7.67-7.57 (m, 2H), 7.29-7.20 (m, 1H), 7.20-7.12 (m, 1H), 6.95-6.84 (m, 2H), 3.83 (s,3 H); 13 CNMR (75 MHz, CDCl 3 ): d = 155.