Introduction
Compounds Containing a Single Silicon Atom
Compounds Containing Two Silicon Atoms Disilanes
Tri‐, Tetra‐ and Polysilanes
Acylsilane Photochemistry
Silyldiazoalkanes and Silylcarbenes
Photochemical Routes to Silenes, Silylenes and Disilenes
Photochemical Rearrangements of Silenes, Silylenes and Disilenes
Other Photolyses Leading to Multiply Bonded Silicon
Photolysis of Miscellaneous Compounds
Addendum
Photochemical Routes to Silenes, Silylenes and Disilenes
Summary