Hypervalent silicon compounds

1 Introduction 2 Pentacoordinate Anionic Silicon Compounds 3 Pentacoordinate Neutral Silicon Complexes 4 Cationic Pentacoordinate Complexes 5 Hexacoordinate Ionic Silicon Compounds 6 Neutral Hexacoordinate Silicon Complexes 7 Complexes with Higher Coordination Numbers 8 Addendum Keywords: hypervalent silicon compounds and silicon complexes; anionic five-coordinated silicates; pentacoordinate bis(bidentate ligand)silicon complexes and geometrical isomers ; zwitterionic organospirosilicates; polynuclear spirosilicates; pentacoordinate neutral silicon complexes; chelates with nitrogen silicon coordination; chelates with oxygen silicon coordination