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GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT
Vinyl selenides, sulfides and tellurides surely represent important compounds in organic chemistry for their relatively easy accessibility and synthetic utility. More than the others vinyl selenides showed interesting biological activities such as the ability to reduce oxidative stress. New methods for the synthesis of vinyl thioethers have been developed in the last few years placing such compounds in a prominent position from an organic chemistry perspective. Tellurides are endowed with unique properties that make them suitable alternatives or precursors to organometallic species. The most recent and interesting examples about the chemistry of vinyl chalcogenides will be collected in this minireview.
Funding
Financial supports from Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche–Università degli Studi di Perugia “Fondo per il sostegno della Ricerca di Base 2015” and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia (2014.01000.021) are gratefully acknowledged. The authors also thanks Regione Umbria: project “POR Umbria 2007–2013” for the fellowship of LS. This manuscript is part of the scientific activity of the international multidisciplinary “SeS Redox and Catalysis” network.