Water and Aqueous Mixtures as Convenient Alternative Media for Organoselenium Chemistry.
Even if water is the natural environment for bioorganic reactions, its use in organic chemistry is often severely limited by the high insolubility of the organic derivatives. In this review, we introduce some examples of the use of water to perform organoselenium chemistry. We mainly discuss the advantages of this medium when the recyclability is demonstrated and when the water can control the selectivity of a reaction or enhance the reaction rate.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Group of Catalysis and Organic Green Chemistry, University of Perugia, Via del Liceo 1, Perugia 06100, Italy. claudio.santi@unipg.it.
Claudio
C
Santi
Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa-LASOL-CCQFA-Universidade Federal de Pelotas-UFPel, P.O. Box 354, Pelotas 96010-900, RS, Brazil. raquel.jacob@ufpel.edu.br.
Raquel G
RG
Jacob
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Group of Catalysis and Organic Green Chemistry, University of Perugia, Via del Liceo 1, Perugia 06100, Italy. bonifaciomonti@gmail.com.
Bonifacio
B
Monti
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Group of Catalysis and Organic Green Chemistry, University of Perugia, Via del Liceo 1, Perugia 06100, Italy. luana.bagnoli@unipg.it.
Luana
L
Bagnoli
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Group of Catalysis and Organic Green Chemistry, University of Perugia, Via del Liceo 1, Perugia 06100, Italy. sancineto.luca@gmail.com.
Luca
L
Sancineto
Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa-LASOL-CCQFA-Universidade Federal de Pelotas-UFPel, P.O. Box 354, Pelotas 96010-900, RS, Brazil. elenardao@uol.com.br.
Eder J
EJ
Lenardão
D002384:Catalysis; D002625:Chemistry, Organic / Q000379:methods; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D014867:Water
catalysis; coupling; epoxide; michael addition; on-water reactions; oxidation; selenium; water; zinc