Silicon in Organic, Organometallic, and Polymer Chemistry

by Brook, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9780471196587
• ISBN10: 0471196584
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Summary

* An extensive functional group index for easy access to functional group transformations

Author Biography

Michael A. Brook, Ph.D., is Professor of Chemistry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Table of Contents

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.