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A unique book that incorporates of research on radical Brook rearrangements.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Generation of a-siloxy radicals with a-silyl alcohol through radical Brook rearrangement
2.1 Metal free reactions
2.2 Metal-catalyzed reactions
2.3 Photocatalyzed reactions
2.4 Electrophotocatalyzed reactions
2.4 Other reactions
Chapter 3 Generation of a-siloxy radicals with acylsilane through radical Brook rearrangement
3.1 Radical initiation
3.2 Metal-catalyzed reactions
3.3 Photocatalyzed reactions
3.4 Other reactions
Chapter 4 Generation of a-siloxy silyl radicals with (TMS)3SiOH through radical Brook rearrangement
4.1 Metallaphotoredox reactions
4.2 Photoredox reactions
4.3 Metallaphotoredox reaction with (TMS)3SiNHAd
Chapter 5 Generation of siloxycarbenes for nucleophilic addition reaction
5.1 Aldehydes or ketones as electrophiles
5.2 Other electrophilic reagents
Chapter 6 Generation of siloxycarbenes for insertion reaction
6.1 Carbene insertion reactions into O?H bonds
6.2 Carbene insertion reactions into N?H bonds
6.3 Carbene insertion reactions into other X?H bonds
6.4 Carbene insertion reactions into B?C bonds
6.5 Carbene insertion reactions into C?H bonds
Chapter 7 Generation of siloxycarbenes for cycloaddition reaction
7.1 [2+1] cycloaddition with alkynes
7.2 [2+1] cycloaddition with alkenes
7.3 [4+1] cycloaddition with dienes and a,ß-unsaturated ketones
7.4 [2+2] Cycloaddition Reaction of a-Ketoacylsilanes with Imines
7.5 other cyclization reaction
Chapter 8 Generation of siloxycarbenes for metal siloxycarbene reaction
8.1 Metal siloxycarbene reactions
8.2 Aminooxycarbene Reactions
Chapter 9 Generation of silenes through radical Brook rearrangement
9.1 Insertion reactions
9.2 [2+2] Cycloaddition reactions
9.3 [4+2] Cycloaddition reactions
9.4 Other reactions
Chapter 10 Reference
About the author
Xiao Shen is Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Regulation in Complex Organisms, Wuhan University, China. He is the winner of 2025 RSC Fluorine Prize. He serves on the Advisory Board of Chem Catalysis, the Early-Career Advisory Board of Organic Chemistry Frontiers, and is an Early-Career Editorial Board Member for Chinese Chemical Letters and the Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. Yunxiao Zhang is a postdoctoral fellow of The Institute for Advanced Studies at Wuhan University, China. Gang Zhou is a postdoctoral fellow of The Institute for Advanced Studies at Wuhan University, China.
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A unique book that incorporates of research on radical Brook rearrangements.
