Silicon‐containing compounds are widely used as synthetic building blocks, functional
materials, and bioactive reagents. In particular, silyl radicals are important intermediates for …

Despite more than one hundred years of work on organosilicon chemistry, the basis for the
plausibility of silicon-based life has never been systematically addressed nor objectively …

Development of a mild, robust and metal-free catalytic approach for silyl transfer of
silylboranes is critical for the advancement of modern organosilicon chemistry given their …

Microplastics are a global environmental pollution. Due to this fact, new solutions are
needed to reduce the amount in various aquatic environments. A new concept introduced by …

A visible-light-induced photocatalytic C–Si formation strategy has been disclosed by
uncovering the reactivity of Martin's spirosilane-derived pentacoordinate silylsilicates as silyl …

Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) are multidimensional molecular materials
based on hydrogen bonded organic building blocks. These interactions result in the …

Allylsilanes are synthetically valuable building blocks for the synthesis of natural products
and pharmaceuticals due to their high stability and low toxicity. However, conventional …

The synthesis, composition, and catalytic properties of a new family of hexanuclear Cu (II)-
based phenylsilsesquioxanes are described here. Structural studies of 17 synthesized …

Two types of heterometallic (Fe (III), Na) silsesquioxanes—[Ph5Si5O10] 2 [Ph10Si10O21]
Fe6 (O2−) 2Na7 (H3O+)(MeOH) 2 (MeCN) 4.5. 1.25 (MeCN), I, and [Ph5Si5O10] 2 …

Silyl radicals are valuable species to prepare diverse organosilicon compounds. However,
unlike stable tertiary silyl radicals, the use of secondary silyl radicals has been problematic …