Organosilicon Compounds

Organosilicon Compounds: From Theory to Synthesis to Applications provides a comprehensive overview of this important area of organic and organometallic chemistry, dealing with compounds containing carbon-silicon bonds. This field, which includes compounds which are widely encountered in commercial products such as in the fabrication of sealants, adhesives, and coatings, has seen many milestone discoveries reported during the last few years. Beginning with the theoretical aspects of organosilicon compounds’ structure and bonding, the book than explores the synthetic aspects, including main group element organosilicon compounds, transition metal complexes, silicon cages and clusters, reactive intermediates, silaaromatics, multiple bonds to silicon, and more. Organosilicon Compounds then explores physical and chemical properties, through X-ray crystallography, 29Si NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and other methods. Finally, the work delves into applications for industrial uses and in related fields, such as polymer, material science, nanotechnology, bioorganic, and medicinal silicon chemistry. Features valuable contributions from prominent experts that cover both fundamental (theoretical, synthetic, physico-chemical) and applied (material science, applications) aspects of modern organosilicon chemistryCovers important breakthroughs in the field as well as with the historically significant achievements of the pastIncludes applied information for a wide range of specialists from junior and senior researchers (from both academia and industry), working in organometallic, organosilicon, main group element, transition metal, and industrial silicon chemistry, as well as those from interdisciplinary fields such as polymer, material science, and nanotechnology