Recent Progress and Perspectives in Photo-Induced Organic Reactions of Acylsilanes

Abstract

Acylsilanes have been utilized in various transformations for synthesis of functionalized organosilicon derivatives due to their importance in medicinal- and materials science. This review summarizes recent photo-induced reactions of acylsilanes, mostly focused on the nucleophilic siloxycarbene intermediates and categorizes them by reaction types, nucleophilic carbene addition, insertion reactions, and cyclization. Several photo-induced reactions using acylsilanes beyond the reactivity of the siloxycarbenes are also covered in the miscellaneous part. Although significant efforts have already been made to use of acylsilanes, further synthetic applications of acylsilanes are likely to follow in near future to prepare valuable builiding blocks for various fields such as medicinal- and materials chemistry.