Organoselenium and organotellurium compounds: toxicology and pharmacology

CW Nogueira, G Zeni, JBT Rocha - Chemical reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
Organoselenium compounds have found such wide utility because of their effects on an
extraordinary number of very different reactions, including many carbon-carbon bond …

Functional mimics of glutathione peroxidase: bioinspired synthetic antioxidants

KP Bhabak, G Mugesh - Accounts of chemical research, 2010 - ACS Publications
Oxidative stress is caused by an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen
species (ROS) and the biological system's ability to detoxify these reactive intermediates …

GPx-Like activity of selenides and selenoxides: Experimental evidence for the involvement of hydroxy perhydroxy selenane as the active species

V Nascimento, EE Alberto, DW Tondo… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The reaction mechanism of the GPx-like oxidation of PhSH with H2O2 catalyzed by
selenoxides proceeds via formation of the hydroxy perhydroxy selenane, which is a stronger …

[HTML][HTML] Catalytic application of selenium and tellurium compounds as glutathione peroxidase enzyme mimetics

EE Alberto, V Nascimento, AL Braga - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
This review covers the past decade of intensive research on the design, synthesis and
screening of organoselenides and tellurides as catalyst able to mimic the activity of the …

Aerobic oxidation of thiols to disulfides catalyzed by diaryl tellurides under photosensitized conditions

M Oba, K Tanaka, K Nishiyama… - The Journal of organic …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Aerobic oxidation of thiols is efficiently catalyzed by diaryl tellurides such as bis (4-
methoxyphenyl) telluride under photosensitized conditions to give the corresponding …

Synthesis of functionalised organochalcogenides and in vitro evaluation of their antioxidant activity

A Capperucci, M Coronnello, F Salvini, D Tanini… - Bioorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Differently substituted β-hydroxy-and β-amino dialkyl and alkyl-aryl tellurides and selenides
have been prepared through ring-opening reactions of epoxides and aziridines with …

Synthesis of disulfides and diselenides by copper-catalyzed coupling reactions in water

Z Li, F Ke, H Deng, H Xu, H Xiang… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthesis of disulfides and diselenides by copper-catalyzed coupling reactions in water -
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C3OB40464A Royal Society …

Ring opening reactions of heterocycles with selenium and tellurium nucleophiles

D Tanini, A Capperucci - New Journal of Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
An overview of the preparation and synthetic potentialities of functionalized organoselenium
and organotellurium compounds is presented. Various methods to generate selenated or …

Imidazolium ionic liquids containing selenium: synthesis and antimicrobial activity

EE Alberto, LL Rossato, SH Alves, D Alves… - Organic & biomolecular …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis and antimicrobial profile of imidazolium ionic liquids containing selenium are
described herein. Minimum inhibitory concentration revealed that these compounds are …

Eco-friendly cross-coupling of diaryl diselenides with aryl and alkyl bromides catalyzed by CuO nanopowder in ionic liquid

D Singh, EE Alberto, OED Rodrigues, AL Braga - Green Chemistry, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
An eco-friendly cross-coupling reaction of aryl and alkyl bromides with diselenides using a
catalytic amount of CuO nanopowder as a catalyst and an ionic liquid as a recyclable …