Coordination Chemistry of Silicon

• Main Author: Inoue, Shigeyoshi (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Chemistry; cluster; molecular orbital analysis; bond activation; X-ray diffraction; silsesquioxanes; digermacyclobutadiene; intermetallic bond; germanium; computational chemistry; ?-electron systems; isocyanide; X-ray crystallography; cyclic organopolysilane; disilene; ruthenium; platinum; DFT; Photostability; silicon surfaces; stereochemistry; palladium; distorted coordination; ²⁹Si NMR spectroscopy; organosilicon; disilanylene polymer; Si-Cl activation; adsorption; AIM; siliconoid; nanoparticle; disiloxane tetrols; germylene; hydrogen bonding; TiO₂; dehydrogenative alkoxylation; siloxanes; 2-silylpyrrolidines; bonding analysis; ?-chloro-?-hydrooligosilane; hydrido complex; oxidative addition; photoreaction; template; surface modification; titanium; bromosilylenes; host-guest chemistry; hydrogen bonds; salt-free; <i>N</i>-heterocyclic carbines; silicon cluster; condensation; silyliumylidenes; Baird's rule; <i>N</i>-heterocyclic carbenes; reductant; main group coordination chemistry; molecular cage; subvalent compounds; isomerization; silanetriols; germathioacid chloride; dehydrobromination; <i>N</i>-heterocyclic carbene; mechanistic insights; ligand-exchange reaction; bridging silylene ligand; dye-sensitized solar cell; silylene; computation; functionalization; silicon; digermene; <i>N</i>-Heterocyclic tetrylene; density functional theory; primary silane; small molecule activation; excited state aromaticity; germanethione; supramolecular chemistry
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The chemistry of silicon has always been a field of major concern due to its proximity to carbon on the periodic table. From the molecular chemist's viewpoint, one of the most interesting differences between carbon and silicon is their divergent coordination behavior. In fact, silicon is prone...