@article {46679, title = {Cyanosilylation by compounds with main-group elements: an odyssey}, journal = {ACS Omega}, volume = {5}, year = {2020}, month = {OCT}, pages = {25477-25484}, type = {Review}, abstract = {

The past few decades have seen remarkable headways in the structural and reaction chemistry of compounds with heavier main-group elements. In recent years, there is an ongoing effort to derive catalytic chemistry involving main-group compounds, driven by their lower costs and higher terrestrial abundances. Here, a survey on the state-of-the-art in the development of cyanosilylation methodology by compounds with heavier main-group elements has been given. Once dominated by transition metals, the field has matured to embrace the majority of the main-group elements including aluminum, silicon, and calcium. Of particular focus will be how the mechanism of cyanosilylation involving compounds with main-group elements differs from those of transition metals.

}, issn = {2470-1343}, doi = {10.1021/acsomega.0c03293}, author = {Pahar, Sanjukta and Kundu, Gargi and Sen, Sakya S.} }