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Silacycles play a very important role in modern organic chemistry and materials science. Construction of silacyclic skeletons via metal-mediated or catalyzed Si-C bond cleavage has attracted much recent attention. Several interesting and useful synthetic strategies have been reported in the literature. In this review, we have summarized recent developments on metal-mediated or catalyzed Si-C bond cleavage, which lead to the synthesis of silacycles, including silacyclobutenes, silacyclopentanes, silacyclopentadienes (siloles), 6-membered silacycles, and their derivatives.
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Wang, L., Duan, Z. Formation of silacycles via metal-mediated or catalyzed Si-C bond cleavage. Chin. Sci. Bull. 58, 307–315 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-012-5351-4
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