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DOI: 10.20517/cs.2023.62

Editorial Open Access

A Commemorative Issue on 50 Years of
Organoselenium Chemistry: Celebrating the 80th

Birthday of Professor Alain Krief

Bao-Lian Su 1,2,*
1
Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry, University of Namur, Namur B-5000, Belgium.
2
State Key Laboratory of Advanced technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China.
*Correspondence to: Prof. Bao-Lian Su, Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61,
Namur B-5000, Belgium. E-mail: bao-lian.su@unamur.be

How to cite this article: Su BL. A commemorative issue on 50 years of organoselenium chemistry: celebrating the 80th birthday
of Professor Alain Krief. Chem Synth 2023;3:46. https://dx.doi.org/10.20517/cs.2023.62

Received: 5 Dec 2023 Accepted: 6 Dec 2023 Published: 6 Dec 2023
Academic Editor: Ying Wan Copy Editor: Pei-Yun Wang Production Editor: Pei-Yun Wang

An Correction has been published: Correction: Su BL. Correction: Su BL. Prof. Alain Krief, a brilliant
scientist, a passionate chemist and a fantastic chemist trainer. Chem Synth 2023;3:46.

I am honored to compile this Special Issue celebrating Professor Alain Krief’s legacy, particularly as he
marks his 80th birthday. This issue highlights his pivotal role in organic selenium chemistry and its impact
on organic synthesis. It acknowledges his contributions to novel synthetic methods and the advancement of
chemistry, emphasizing the future significance of his work in the field. We are pleased to take this
opportunity to illustrate the state of the art in organic selenium chemistry and the diverse applications of
selenium across various fields.

Prof. Alain Krief was born in Tunis on 13th December 1942. He completed his Ph.D. in 1970 under the
supervision of Prof. Jacqueline Ficini on cycloaddition of ynamines at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie
in Paris, France. While working as a CNRS Research Associate (1968-1972), he made a ten-month
postdoctoral stay at the laboratory of Prof. Elias J. Corey (Nobel Laureate, 1990) at Harvard University on
sterol biosynthesis in 1970 (Prof. Krief contributed a research paper to this Special Issue on Sterol
biosynthesis with a research highlight from double Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Prof. K. B. Sharpless). In

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