All-Valence Electrons S.C.F. Calculations

"This book presents a much needed overview of silicon chemistry, allowing fundamental and applied scientists to take full advantage of progress made within and outside their primary fields of expertise. With an emphasis on the preparation and reactivity of silicon compounds in organic, organometallic, and polymer chemistry, the author examines a broad range of useful topics - from mechanisms to syntheses of and syntheses using different organofunctional silanes. Numerous schemes as well as up-to-date examples from academia and industry will help readers to solve current synthetic problems and explore ideas for future research."--BOOK JACKET. Read more... Content: pt. I. Fundamentals of Silicon Reactivity: Reactive Intermediates and Reaction Mechanisms. 1. Organosilanes: Where to Find Them, What to Call Them, How to Detect Them. 2. Atomic and Molecular Properties of Silicon. 3. Silicon-Based Reactive Intermediates. 4. Extracoordination at Silicon. 5. Reaction Mechanisms for Nucleophilic Substitution at Silicon -- pt. II. The Formation and Cleavage of Non-Carbon Bonds to Silicon: Applications in Organic and Polymer Chemistry. 6. Silicon and Transition Metal Chemistry. 7. Hydrosilanes as Reducing Agents. 8. Replacing H with Si: Silicon-Based Reagents. 9. Silicones. 10. Siloxanes Based on T and Q Units. 11. Other Silicon-Containing Polymers -- pt. III. The Formation and Cleavage of Silicon-Carbon Bonds: Applications in Organic Synthesis. 12. Formation of Si-C Bonds: The Synthesis of Functional Organosilanes. 13. Silicon in a Biological Environment. 14. Silicon in the Organic World: Electronic Effects of Silyl Groups. 15. Rearrangements. 16. Cleavage of Si-C Bonds -- Indices of Functional Group Transformations. Abstract: "This book presents a much needed overview of silicon chemistry, allowing fundamental and applied scientists to take full advantage of progress made within and outside their primary fields of expertise. With an emphasis on the preparation and reactivity of silicon compounds in organic, organometallic, and polymer chemistry, the author examines a broad range of useful topics - from mechanisms to syntheses of and syntheses using different organofunctional silanes. Numerous schemes as well as up-to-date examples from academia and industry will help readers to solve current synthetic problems and explore ideas for future research."--BOOK JACKET