Abstract
The review deals with the compositions, properties, structures, and thermodynamics of silicon tetrafluoride adducts with organic molecules containing electron-donating nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, or sulphur atoms. Particular attention has been paid to reactions involving the conversion of the adducts of nitrogen-containing bases into fluorine-containing compounds with a covalent silicon–nitrogen bond. The comparative estimates of the electron-accepting properties of silicon tetrafluoride and other silicon tetrahalides obtained by different workers are discussed.
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