EXPLORING SELENONES FOR HETEROCYCLE SYNTHESIS

In few decades, organoselenium compounds have become very popular in synthetic chemistry. The ready availability and the chemical and structural diversity of selenium reagents have been exploited in a number of new synthetic transformations. This account summarizes our recent works concerning the preparation of selenones and their use as building blocks in the synthesis of biologically relevant monocyclic, fused or spiro heterocycles. One-pot multiple-bond forming processes and enantioselective organocatalyzed reactions will be presented and discussed