Selenium-based methods in synthetic chemistry have developed rapidly over the
past years and are now offering highly useful tools for organic synthesis.
Filling the gap for a comprehensive handbook and ready reference, this book
covers all modern developments within the field, including biochemical aspects.
The chemistry chapters are organized according to the different reactivities of
various selenium compounds and reagents, with each chapter dealing with a
special reaction type. Also includes a table with 77Se NMR shifts to aid in
practical problems. From the Contents: * Electrophilic and Nucleophilic
Selenium * Selenium Compounds in Radical Reactions * Selenium-Stabilized
Carbanions * Selenium Compounds with Valency Higher than Two * Selenocarbonyls
* Selenoxide Elimination and [2,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement * Selenium
Compounds as Ligands and Catalysts * Biological and Biochemical Aspects of
Selenium Compounds
