Organoselenium compounds attracted in the last twenty years a growing
scientific interest. From a chemical point of view, organoselenium reagent can be used
in mild conditions to effect chemio, regio and stereoselective reactions and, in a number
of examples as efficient and selective catalysts.
More recently also the biological aspect has been deeply explored and some
organoselenium derivatives showed interesting and evaluable pharmacological properties.
Keywords: Selenium, Selenoxides, Selenones, Selenurane, Seleniranium,
Seleneic Acid, Perselenenic Acid, Selenurea, Selenocysteine, NMR.