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Anion SiO4–4, or any of its salts and esters

In chemistry, orthosilicate is the anion SiO4−4, or any of its salts and esters. It is one of the silicate anions. It is occasionally called the silicon tetroxide anion or group. Wikipedia →

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  2. Skim a recent paper: Anion vacancies activate N2 to ammonia on Ba–Si orthosilicate oxynitride-hydrideInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Die Alkylierung des Tetraäthylorthosilicates mit n-AlkylmagnesiumchloridenThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Enhancing the Stability of CH 3 NH 3 PbBr 3 Quantum Dots by Embedding in Silica Spheres Derived from Tetramethyl Orthosilicate in “Waterless” TolueneCited 583 times
  5. Go sideways: SilicateA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Tetraethyl orthosilicateA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun Any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M)4SiO4 or Si(OR)4.

Noun Any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO4 tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other.

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