Recent Advances in Organoselenium Chemistry

• Published in: European Journal of Organic Chemistry Vol. 2009; no. 11; pp. 1649 - 1664
• Main Authors: Freudendahl, Diana M., Shahzad, Sohail A., Wirth, Thomas
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01-04-2009; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley-VCH
• Subjects: Aliphatic compounds; Catalysis; Catalysts: preparations and properties; Chemistry; Exact sciences and technology; Free radicals chemistry; General and physical chemistry; Organic chemistry; Organo­selenium chemistry; Preparations and properties; Radicals; Reactivity and mechanisms; Selenium; Theory of reactions, general kinetics. Catalysis. Nomenclature, chemical documentation, computer chemistry; Organic selenide; Chemical rearrangement; Selenoamide; Ligand; Selenium heterocycle; Polymer; Review; Free radical reaction; Selenium Organic compounds; Radicals; Carbonylation; Selenoxide; Organoselenium chemistry; Organic free radical; Reagents; Sélénium; Oxidation; Selenium; Organic diselenide; Chemical synthesis; Catalyst; Electrophile
• ISSN: 1434-193X; 1099-0690
• DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200801171

This microreview highlights new developments of organoselenium chemistry and new selenium compounds as versatile reagents in synthesis. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2009)
Improved and new selenium‐containingreagents and novel reactions are highlighted in this microreview.