Recent Advances in Asymmetric Synthesis Using Organochalcogen Compounds

Abstract

Asymmetric synthesis using organosulfur and organoselenium compounds has been extensively studied since the discovery of Andersen synthesis of chiral sulfoxides and the first isolation of chiral selenoxides, respectively. Recent advances in this field were reviewed in the following three topics; 1) synthesis of chiral sulfoxides, 2) synthesis of chiral selenoxides, 3) asymmetric induction via chiral selenoxides.