Organosilanols

Structure of trimethylsilanol.

In organosilicon chemistry, organosilanols are a group of chemical compounds derived from silicon. More specifically, they are carbosilanes derived with a hydroxy group (−OH) on the silicon atom.[1] Organosilanols are the silicon analogs to alcohols. Silanols are more acidic and more basic than their alcohol counterparts and therefore show a rich structural chemistry characterized by hydrogen bonding networks which are particularly well studied for silanetriols.[2][3]

  1. ^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "silanols". doi:10.1351/goldbook.S05664
  2. ^ Paul D. Lickiss (1995), "The synthesis and structure of organosilanols", Advances in Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 42, pp. 147–262, doi:10.1016/S0898-8838(08)60053-7
  3. ^ Rudolf Pietschnig, Stefan Spirk (2016), "The Chemistry of Organo Silanetriols", Coordination Chemistry Reviews, vol. 323, pp. 87–106, doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2016.03.010