Physicochemical Properties
Silicon’s position just under carbon in the periodic table led
to a belief in the existence of analog compounds where silicon
would replace carbon. Most of these analog compounds
do not exist, or behave very differently. There are few similarities
between Si –X bonds in silicones and C–X bonds (Corey,
1989; Hardman, 1989; Lane and Burns, 1996; Stark, 1982).