Synthesis, properties and reactivity of intramolecular hypercoordinate silicon complexes

The state of the art of the chemistry of hypercoordinate silicon compounds is analyzed. Published data on the current toppriority approaches to the preparative synthesis of these compounds and on their properties, structures and reactivity are summarized and generalized. Relying on the results obtained by modern physicochemical methods, the possible mechanisms of stereodynamic processes occurring in the coordination units of hypercoordinate silicon complexes are discussed. The bibliography includes 157 references.