Emerging applications of acylsilanes in organic synthesis and beyond

Abstract

Owing to their versatile reactivities, acylsilanes have long been used in organic synthesis. However, unprecedentedly wide applications of this type of compound have been witnessed in many fields well beyond pure organic synthesis, including photo-click reactions to polymer-backbone editing, catalytic Fisher carbene formation, and acylsilane-hydroxylation ligation during the last two years. The recently developed quick synthetic method for acylsilanes makes the chemistry even more attractive. The highlight covers the selected representative examples and focuses on their possible utilities in the future.