Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Organoselenium Compounds

Chiral organoselenium compounds can be attained from three types of asymmetric synthesis. Chiral substratecontrolled methods, chiral auxiliary-controlled methods, and chiral catalyst-controlled methods toward optically active organoselenium derivatives were illustrated. The strategy and classification of methods underlying all asymmetric synthesis therefore involve enantiomerically pure compounds to influence the stereochemical outcome of the reactions. In this review, the advances in asymmetric synthesis of some important classes of chiral organoselenium compounds were described.