In the recent decade, growing efforts have been devoted to employing elemental selenium as a selenium source in organic synthesis. In contrast to unstable, smelly, and toxic previous selenium reagents, elemental selenium is readily available, cheap, bench-stable, and easy to handle. This review will mainly focus on the strategies for the activation of elemental selenium and the synthesis of organoselenium compounds including monoselenides, diselenides, selenium-containing heterocycles and so on.

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含元素硒的有机硒化合物的合成

在最近十年中，越来越多的努力致力于将元素硒用作有机合成中的硒源。与以前不稳定、有臭味和有毒的硒试剂相比，元素硒容易获得、便宜、工作台稳定且易于处理。本综述将主要关注元素硒的活化策略和有机硒化合物的合成，包括单硒化物、双硒化物、含硒杂环等。