This is the most recent of the Patai Updates, the ``spin-off'' series from the ``Chemistry of Functional Groups''. It covers hypervalent silicon compounds; siloxane polymers and copolymers; organosilicon derivatives of phosphorus; arsenic; antimony; and bismuth; chemistry of compounds with silicon-sulphur; silicon-selenium and silicon-tellurium bonds; transition-metal silyl derivatives; and chemistry of compounds with silicon-nitrogen bonds.

Content:
Chapter 1 Hypervalent silicon compounds (pages 1–48): Robert J. P. Corriu and J. Colin Young
Chapter 2 Appendix to ‘Hypervalent silicon compounds’ (pages 49–66): Robert J. P. Corriu and J. Colin Young
Chapter 3 Siloxane polymers and copolymers (pages 67–140): T. C. Kendrick, B. Parbhoo and J. W. White
Chapter 4 Appendix to ‘Siloxane polymers and copolymers’ (pages 141–150): T. C. Kendrick, B. Parbhoo and J. W. White
Chapter 5 Organosilicon derivatives of phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth (pages 151–182): D. A. (‘Fred’) Armitage
Chapter 6 Appendix to ‘Organosilicon derivatives of phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth’ (pages 183–212): D. A. (‘Fred’) Armitage
Chapter 7 Chemistry of compounds with silicon–sulphur, silicon–selenium and silicon–tellurium bonds (pages 213–232): D. A. (‘Fred’) Armitage
Chapter 8 Appendix to ‘Chemistry of compounds with silicon–sulphur, silicon–selenium and silicon–tellurium bonds’ (pages 233–244): D. A. (‘Fred’) Armitage
Chapter 9 Transition?metal silyl derivatives (pages 245–308): T. Don Tilley
Chapter 10 Appendix to ‘Transition?metal silyl derivatives’ (pages 309–364): T. Don Tilley
Chapter 11 Organosilicon nitrogen compounds (pages 365–446): D. A. (‘Fred’) Armitage
Chapter 12 Appendix to ‘Organosilicon nitrogen compounds’ (pages 447–484): D. A. (‘Fred’) Armitage