Current Trends in Organosilicon Chemistry

Abstract

After a brief historical survey of organosilicon chemistry, the latest developments in this area are reviewed. Selected topics are: stereochemistry and mechanisms of nucleophilic substitutions at silicon; asymmetric syntheses of organosilicon compounds; organofluorosilanes and -fluorosilicates; utilization of the “disilane fraction” produced by the direct synthesis of methylchlorosilanes; organopolysilanes; silyl metal compounds; silicon-containing small ring systems; divalent silicon species; double-bonded silicon species; and silicon in organic synthesis. © 1982, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan. All rights reserved.