A green and high-yielding synthetic route for the preparation of 5-(1,2-diselenolan-3-yl)pentanoic acid (SeA) was reported. Some SeA derivatives, N′-substituted benzylidene-5-(1,2-diselenolan -3-yl)pentanehydrazide, were prepared, and they were screened for their anticancer activity against human breast MCF-7, leukemia HL-60, cervixuterus Hela, and placental villus Bewo cancer cell lines. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of the synthetic compounds showed ...
