# silanes

> saturated silicon hydrides, analogues of the alkanes; i.e. compounds of the general formula SiₙH₂ₙ₊₂

**Wikidata**: [Q2476769](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2476769)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_silicon-hydrogen_compounds)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/silanes


## References

1. Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)
2. [Compendium of Chemical Terminology](http://goldbook.iupac.org/html/S/S05663.html)
3. UMLS 2023
4. Quora
5. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)