The Use of Taft Relations for the Correlation of the Properties of Organosilicon Compounds. The Role of Substituent Effects

Data for the correlations between the properties of organosilicon compounds on the basis of Taft equations are surveyed for the first time. The results for 140 relations involving reactivities, capacities for complex formation, and spectroscopic characteristics are examined. The specific features of the influence of individual effects of substituents at the silicon atom and the ability of the silicon atom and silicon-containing groups to transmit effects are discussed.
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