Recent advances in hexacoordinate silicon with pyridine-containing ligands: Chemistry and emerging applications

- A review of hexacoordinate silicon complexes with one or more pyridine-containing ligands.
- Basicity, synthetic versatility, and redox non-innocence make pyridine-containing ligands attractive.
- Multi-dentate ligands provide additional stability and some are even resistant to hydrolysis and racemization.
- Recent advances have led to emerging applications in biology, fluorescence, electrochromism, and high-energy materials.
- Still many pyridine-containing ligands to explore.