Organosilicon Chemistry

Silicon (Si) is a metalloid belonging to the carbon family (Group 14). It is a hard tetravalent metalloid and has a blue-grey metallic sheen. Silicon is a brittle crystalline solid having properties of a semiconductor. Organometallic compounds that contain carbon–silicon bonds are called organosilicon compounds. The area of chemistry under which the preparation and properties of organometallic compounds are studied is called organosilicon chemistry. Some of the prominent properties of organ...