The application of silicon reagents in organic synthesis has grown at an increasingly rapid rate over the last twenty years. This has been the result of truly international interest. Signifi cant contributions have been made by Japanese, Russian, Ger man, French, English, American, Swiss and Canadian as well as by chemists from many other countries. This monograph attempts to comprehensively cover this field. Some seventeen hundred articles reporting contributions by over eighteen hundred scientists are summarized. Nevertheless, I have no doubt that interesting and important work has been left out. I welcome comments about such results which should be in cluded in any future editions of this monograph. I would like to thank Robert Damrauer who first stimulated my interest in organosilicon chemistry. In addition, I thank a number of chemists who have shared my enthusiasm for silicon chemistry over the years: A Chihi, M.E. Childs, R.A Felix, H. Firgo, T.Y. Gu, T.Llto, LN. Jung, K.E. Koenig, H.Okinoshima, M.M. Radcliffe, B.L Rosen, H.S.D. Soy sa, K.P. Steele, R.E. Swaim, D. Tzeng, P.B. Valkovich, AK. Will ard, S. Wunderly, and present members of my research group.

Inhalt
1 Fundamental Considerations.- 2 Chemistry of Trimethylsilyl Cyanide.- 3 Trimethylsilyl Iodide and Bromide.- 4 Silyl Azides.- 5 Silyl Nitronates.- 6 Peterson Reaction.- 7 Vinyl Silanes.- 8 Aryl Silanes.- 9 Silyl Acetylenes.- 10 Tetraalkylsilanes, Alkylpentafluorosilicates and Alkenylpentafluorosilicates.- 11 Allylic Silanes.- 12 Electrophilic Reactions of Silyl Enol Ethers.- 13 Oxidation of Silyl Enol Ethers.- 14 Cyclopropanation of Silyl Enol Ethers, Chemistry of Trimethylsilyloxycyclopropanes.- 15 Cycloaddition and Electrocyclic Reactions of Silyl Enol Ethers.- 16 Preparation of Silyl Enol Ethers.- 17 Ionic Hydrogenations.- 18 Reduction of Polar Multiple Bonds of Hydrosilation.- 19 Dissolving Metal Reductions.- 20 Miscellaneous Reductions.- 21 Silicon-Sulfur.- 22 Silicon-Phosphorous.- 23 Silyl Oxidants.- 24 Silyl Bases.- 25 Silicon-Fluorine.- Author Index.