Organosilicon

Organosilicon

Organosilicon compounds are organic compounds containing carbon silicon bonds. Organosilicon chemistry is the corresponding science exploring their properties and reactivity.

Like carbon, the organically bound silicon is tetravalent and tetrahedral. Carbon-silicon bonds are generally absent in biochemical processes, although there are reports of their fleeting existence in a freshwater alga. The first organosilicon compound, tetraethylsilane, was discovered by Charles Friedel and James Crafts in 1863 by reaction of tetrachlorosilane with diethylzinc. The carbosilicon silicon carbide is an inorganic compound.

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