Chemical reviews

Comparison of phosphorus and silicon: Hypervalency, stereochemistry, and reactivity

RR Holmes

Index: Holmes, Robert R.; Holmes, Joan M.; Day, Roberta O.; Swamy, K. C. Kumara; Chandrasekhar, V. Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, 1995 , vol. 103, # 1-4 p. 153 - 170

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Abstract

Nucleophilic displacement reactions at tetracoordinated phosphorus1-9 and silicon9-13 are commonly discussed in terms of mechanisms involving pentacoordinated activated states. However, there is a growing body of evidence, particularly with silicon, that concerns the