Silicon in Organic, Organometallic, and Polymer Chemistry

FUNDAMENTALS OF SILICON REACTIVITY: REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES AND REACTION MECHANISMS.

Organosilanes: Where to Find Them, What to Call Them, How to Detect Them.

Atomic and Molecular Properties of Silicon.

Silicon-Based Reactive Intermediates.

Extracoordination at Silicon.

Reaction Mechanisms for Nucleophilic Substitution at Silicon.

THE FORMATION AND CLEAVAGE OF NON-CARBON BONDS TO SILICON: APPLICATIONS IN ORGANIC AND POLYMER CHEMISTRY.

Silicon and Transition Metal Chemistry.

Hydrosilanes as Reducing Agents.

Replacing H with Si: Silicon-Based Reagents.

Silicones.

Siloxanes Based on T and Q Units.

Other Silicon-Containing Polymers.

THE FORMATION AND CLEAVAGE OF SILICON-CARBON BONDS: APPLICATIONS IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS.

Formation of Si-C Bonds: The Synthesis of Functional Organosilanes.

Silicon in a Biological Environment.

Silicon in the Organic World: Electronic Effects of Silyl Groups.

Rearrangements.

Cleavage of Si-C Bonds.

Indices of Functional Group Transformations.

Subject Index.