Organosilicon compounds are key organometallic compounds (R-Si)which have many uses in materials science and in metallurgy. Theirapplications include the synthesis of sugars and in the synthesisof organic compounds for the pharmaceutical industry. This volumewill contain both updated chapters on key topics included in theoriginal volumes as well as a number of new chapters reflecting therapid developments made in silicon chemistry and its applicationsto organometallic chemistry, materials science, and semiconductors, over the last five years. As for the majority of volumes in thisseries, chapters will be prepared by leading scientists in thefield. This volume is now available in electronic format from BooksOnline.