The thermal gas-phase synthesis of heterocyclic compounds with one or several silicon atoms in the ring

The results of studies on the synthesis of organosilicon heterocyclic compounds under the influence of high temperatures in a flow system at atmospheric pressure and in a high vacuum are surveyed. The preparative possibilities of the gas-phase thermal method for the synthesis of new or previously difficult to obtain mono-, bi-, and poly-cyclic compounds with one or several silicon atoms in the ring are examined. The principal aspects of the thermal heterocyclisation processes are described.
Attention is concentrated on the synthesis of heterocycles with functional group substituents at the silicon atom as well as high-temperature reactions with participation of unstable intermediates: silylenes, sila-alkenes, and siladienes.
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