Recent advances in selenium promoted or catalyzed electrophilic aminations of alkenes and alkynes

In the last decades, synthetic methods for the construction of carbon-nitrogen bonds rapidly grew, due to the important applications of amino compounds in fine chemicals, biological and pharmaceutical sciences. The aminoselenylations of alkenes and alkynes are versatile reactions that usually occur with high regio- and stereo-control under mild reaction conditions. Linear and cyclic compounds can be prepared with wide functional and structural diversity using stoichiometric or catalytic amounts of electrophilic selenium reagents. This review collects recent advances in this attractive and fruitful research field.