“…Quantitative 29 Si-{ 1 H} NMR experiments, which used inverse gated decoupling to avoid nuclear Overhauser effects (NOE), were also acquired for selected reaction times (5,9,24,48, and 380 h) with the following parameters: pulse angle of 30°, acquisition and decoupling time of approximately 0.75 s, and recycling delay of 10 s (much larger than the decoupling time). 1 H, 1 H-n X ( 13 C or 29 Si), and 1 H DOSY NMR spectroscopy experiments were recorded with a Bruker Avance III 300 spectrometer (300.13, 75.47, and 59.62 MHz for 1 H, 13 C, and 29 Si, respectively) using a 5 mm BBFO probe equipped with a z-gradient coil that provided a maximum gradient strength of 49.7 G cm -1 . 1 H, 1 H-n X ( 13 C or 29 Si), and 1 H DOSY NMR spectroscopy experiments were recorded with a Bruker Avance III 300 spectrometer (300.13, 75.47, and 59.62 MHz for 1 H, 13 C, and 29 Si, respectively) using a 5 mm BBFO probe equipped with a z-gradient coil that provided a maximum gradient strength of 49.7 G cm -1 .…”