&ldquo;Green Is the Color&rdquo;: An Update on Ecofriendly Aspects of Organoselenium Chemistry

Azeredo, Juliano B.; Penteado, Filipe; Nascimento, Vanessa; Sancineto, Luca; Braga, Antonio L.; Lenardao, Eder João; Santi, Claudio

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“Green Is the Color”: An Update on Ecofriendly Aspects of Organoselenium Chemistry

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Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Uruguaiana, Uruguaiana 97501-970, RS, Brazil

Laboratório de Síntese Orgânica Limpa-LaSOL-CCQFA, Universidade Federal de Pelotas-UFPel, P.O. Box 354, Pelotas 96010-900, RS, Brazil

Laboratório SupraSelen, Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Campus do Valonguinho, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi 24020-150, RJ, Brazil

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Group of Catalysis Synthesis and Organic Green Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via del Liceo 1, 06100 Perugia, Italy

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Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina—UFSC, Florianopolis 88040-900, SC, Brazil

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Academic Editors: Raquel Soengas and Matteo Guidotti

Molecules 2022, 27(5), 1597; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27051597

Received: 14 February 2022 / Revised: 23 February 2022 / Accepted: 24 February 2022 / Published: 28 February 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Review Papers in Green Chemistry)

Abstract

Organoselenium compounds have been successfully applied in biological, medicinal and material sciences, as well as a powerful tool for modern organic synthesis, attracting the attention of the scientific community. This great success is mainly due to the breaking of paradigm demonstrated by innumerous works, that the selenium compounds were toxic and would have a potential impact on the environment. In this update review, we highlight the relevance of these compounds in several fields of research as well as the possibility to synthesize them through more environmentally sustainable methodologies, involving catalytic processes, flow chemistry, electrosynthesis, as well as by the use of alternative energy sources, including mechanochemical, photochemistry, sonochemical and microwave irradiation. View Full-Text

Keywords: selenium; catalysis; green chemistry; bioinspired catalysis; flow chemistry

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Azeredo, J.B.; Penteado, F.; Nascimento, V.; Sancineto, L.; Braga, A.L.; Lenardao, E.J.; Santi, C. “Green Is the Color”: An Update on Ecofriendly Aspects of Organoselenium Chemistry. Molecules 2022, 27, 1597. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27051597

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Azeredo JB, Penteado F, Nascimento V, Sancineto L, Braga AL, Lenardao EJ, Santi C. “Green Is the Color”: An Update on Ecofriendly Aspects of Organoselenium Chemistry. Molecules. 2022; 27(5):1597. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27051597

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Azeredo, Juliano B., Filipe Penteado, Vanessa Nascimento, Luca Sancineto, Antonio L. Braga, Eder João Lenardao, and Claudio Santi. 2022. "“Green Is the Color”: An Update on Ecofriendly Aspects of Organoselenium Chemistry" Molecules 27, no. 5: 1597. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27051597

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