Stereoselective Reactions of Organoselenium Reagents Including Catalysis

Abstract

AbstractIn the last decades, organoselenium chemistry has been developed as an important tool for synthetic and medicinal chemistry. The variety of organoselenium reagents has led to many versatile and new approaches in synthetic organic chemistry. Various synthetic moieties can be selectively introduced into complex molecules under very mild reaction conditions. The unique properties of selenium allow the development of novel and highly selective transformations, which can be employed for the synthesis of synthetic and naturally occurring chiral building blocks. This chapter highlights some recent developments of stereoselective reactions using organoselenium reagents including asymmetric catalysis.