Selenium oxides

Structure of selenium oxides with the selenium oxide group marked in blue . R ¹ and R ² are organyl radicals (alkyl radical, aryl radical, alkylaryl radical, etc.)

In organic chemistry, selenium oxides are a group of substances that contain the element selenium . The selenium oxides are selenium analogues of the sulfoxides . The latter contain a sulfur atom instead of a selenium atom.

Inorganic compounds that consist of the elements selenium and oxygen , such as selenium dioxide and selenium trioxide , are also referred to as selenium oxides, but represent a different group of substances.

synthesis

The oxidation of organic selenides R ¹ -Se-R ² (R ¹ , R ² = organyl radicals, such as, for example, alkyl or aryl radicals ) leads to corresponding selenium oxides.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lars-Börge Agenäs: Selenides and their derivatives . In: Daniel L. Klayman and Wolfgang HH Günther (editors): Organic Selenium Compounds: Their Chemistry and Biology , John Wiley & Sons, 1973, 173-222, ISBN 0-471-49032-6 .