"If carbonyl compounds have been said to be virtually the backbone of organic synthesis, the epoxides correspond to at least one of the main muscles"—D. Seebach Epoxides play an important role in synthetic organic chemistry. They undergo nucleophilic ring-opening reactions with high stereo-and regioselectivity. Unequivocally, analogous organosilicon species would be interesting reagents for organic synthesis, although these compounds are not easily accessible. Formation of silicon-carbon bonds by reaction of silylenes with organic substrates has attracted considerable interest in the synthesis of organosilicon compounds.Strained small ring compounds containing a silicon atom are of importance due to their molecular structure and high reactivity resulting from ring-strain energy.
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