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[1] [2] [3] Selenium belongs with oxygen and sulfur to the group 16 elements or chalcogens, and similarities in chemistry are to be expected. Organoselenium compounds are found at trace levels in ambient waters, soils and sediments. [4] Selenium can exist with oxidation state −2, +2, +4, +6. Se(II) is the dominant form in organoselenium ...
Selenium in these reactions is almost always stereogenic, and the effect of epimerization at selenium (which is acid-catalyzed and occurs readily) on the elimination reaction is nearly unknown. In one example, separation and warming of selenoxides 1 and 2 revealed that 2 decomposes at 0 °C, while 1 , which presumably has more difficulty ...
Selenium is a chemical element; it has the symbol Se and atomic number 34. It has various physical appearances, including a brick-red powder, a vitreous black solid, and a grey metallic-looking form. It seldom occurs in this elemental state or as pure ore compounds in Earth's crust.
The element selenium exhibits several valence states. Selenate is the least reduced, followed by selenite, and elemental selenium; selenide is even more reduced than elemental selenium. [6] The valence state is an important factor to the toxicity of selenium. Selenate is the form required by organisms that need selenium as a micronutrient.
It is the selenium analog of the sulfite ion, SO 2− 3. Thus selenite is pyramidal and selenium is assigned oxidation state +4. Selenite also refers to compounds that contains this ion, for example sodium selenite Na 2 SeO 3 which is a common source of selenite. [1] Selenite also refers to the esters of selenous acid, for example dimethyl ...
The selenium cycle is a biological cycle of selenium similar to the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. Within the cycle, there are organisms which reduce the most oxidized form of the element and different organisms complete the cycle by oxidizing the reduced element to the initial state.
The isotope selenium-75 has radiopharmaceutical uses. For example, it is used in high-dose-rate endorectal brachytherapy, as an alternative to iridium-192. [8]In paleobiogeochemistry, the ratio in amount of selenium-82 to selenium-76 (i.e, the value of δ 82/76 Se) can be used to track down the redox conditions on Earth during the Neoproterozoic era in order to gain a deeper understanding of ...
The original synthesis involved the redistribution reaction of selenium dioxide and selenium tetrachloride. Pure selenium oxydichloride autoionizes to a dimer: [4] SeOCl 2 ↔ (SeO) 2 Cl + 3 + Cl −. The SeOCl 2 is generally a labile Lewis acid and solutions of sulfur trioxide in SeOCl 2 likely form [SeOCl] + [SO 3 Cl] − the same way. [5]