A series of 2-iminoselenazolidin-4-ones, selenazolidine-2,4-diones and some 2-alkylidenehydrazones have been synthesised. Wide-range screening for biological activity failed to reveal any compounds of promise.
Few organic compounds of selenium are known and, consequently, very little published data are available concerning the various vibrations around the selenium atom. The present paper discusses the C=Se vibration in selenosemicarbazones by comparing their infrared spectra with those of corresponding Se-benzyl derivatives in which the C=Se group has been replaced by a C—Se—Bz. On this basis, it can be seen that a band at 800–780 cm−1 in the spectra of selenosemicarbazones is absent in the spectra of the benzyl derivatives. This band is assigned to the C=Se vibration.