Silazane

A silazane is a family of compounds with Si-N bonds. Usually the Si and N have organic substituents. They are analogous to siloxanes, with -NR- replacing -O-.

Examples

One illustrative family of silazanes are derived from tert-butylamine, including ₃SiNtBu and ₂Si₂.
More structurally complex is ₂₂ with bridging amides.
There are a wide variety of polysilazanes.

Reactions

The majority of silazanes are moisture sensitive. With water they convert to silanols or siloxanes.