Selenium-Epoxy ‘Click’ Reaction and Se-Alkylation—Efficient Access to Organo-Selenium and Selenonium Compounds

Taejun Eom, Anzar Khan

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    Abstract

    This work establishes the ‘click’ nature of the base-catalyzed oxirane ring opening reaction by the selenolate nucleophile. The ‘click’-generated ß-hydroxy selenide can be alkylated to afford cationic selenium species. Hemolytic studies suggest that selenonium cations do not lyse red blood cells even at high concentrations. Overall, these results indicate the future applicability of the developed organo-selenium chemistry in the preparation of a new class of cationic materials based on the seleno-ether motif.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)827-836
    Number of pages10
    JournalChemistry (Switzerland)
    Volume2
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020 Dec

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    Funding: This research was funded by National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (NRF-18R1D1A1B07048527).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

    Keywords

    • organo-selenium
    • organo-selenonium
    • oxirane ring opening reaction
    • ‘click’ chemistry

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electrochemistry
    • Inorganic Chemistry
    • Organic Chemistry
    • Chemistry (miscellaneous)

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