Developments in the Chemistry of Selenaheterocyclic Compounds of Practical Importance

Abstract

The progress in chemistry of the compounds having selenaheterocyclic ring system is presented. The review is concentrated on the benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-ones, their azaanalogues, bezo[b]selenophenes, 1,3,2-benzothiaselenazoles, 1,3-benzothiaselenoles, 1,3,2-benzodiselenazoles and 1,2,4-benzoselenadiazinones. The methods for their synthesis are reported. Some of them, particularly the benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-ones, are indicated as biological response modifiers and effective catalysts for hydroperoxide oxidation of different groups of organic compounds.

Keywords:

• Antimicrobials
• catalysis
• oxidation
• selenium
• virucides

Acknowledgments

The works presented in this review done in our laboratory recently were supported by the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research (Grant No. 3 T09A 00327) and Ministry of Education (Grant PBZ-Min-015/P05/2004).