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Abstract

Transformations which lead to alkyl selenides and tellurides, in which a chalcogen atom is linked by a single bond to an sp3 carbon atom, and related compounds are described in this chapter. The compounds covered include alkaneselenols, alkyl selenides, alkyl selenoxides, alkyl selenones, alkyl selenonium salts, alkaneselenenyl halides, alkaneseleninyl halides, alkaneselenonyl halides, alkyl selenocyanates, alkaneselenenic acids and their esters, alkaneseleninic acids and their esters, alkaneselenonic acids and their esters, alkyl diselenides, RSeN functions and their higher coordinated analogs, RSeM (M = heavier group elements) and their higher coordinated derivatives, and corresponding tellurium compounds. Organoselenium and tellurium chemistry has developed rapidly over the last two decades, and the new methodologies discovered in these fields were utilized in the total synthesis of natural products and stereoselective reactions. In particular, the selenium-containing organic molecules involved in this chapter act not only as important reagents for the transformation of functional groups and structures but also as versatile starting materials for other organoselenium reagents. Several transformations of alkyl chalcogenides that have been found since 1995 are also shown in this chapter.