water in N,N,N',N',N'',N''-hexamethylphosphoric triamide byproducts: butane; equimolar amts.; addn. of Bu4NF to Ge-compd., stirring at room temp. for5 min, addn. of org. halide, stirring at room temp. for 24 h, water add n.; extn. of org. layer (ether), drying, concn. (vac.), gas chromy. (yield 3.7percent) and TLC;

water in N,N,N',N',N'',N''-hexamethylphosphoric triamide byproducts: butane; equimolar amts.; addn. of Bu4NF to Ge-compd., stirring at room temp. for5 min, addn. of org. halide, stirring at room temp. for 24 h, water add n.; extn. of org. layer (ether), drying, concn. (vac.), gas chromy. (yield 34.3percent) and TLC;

water in N,N,N',N',N'',N''-hexamethylphosphoric triamide byproducts: butane; equimolar amts.; addn. of Bu4NF to Ge-compd., stirring at room temp. for5 min, addn. of org. halide, stirring at room temp. for 24 h, water add n.; extn. of org. layer (ether), drying, concn. (vac.), gas chromy. (yield 36.7percent) and TLC;

n-butyllithium in diethyl ether; hexane byproducts: (Me3Si)2CHCN; hexane soln. of n-BuLi was added dropwise to a soln. of Me3SiCH2CN in Et2O at -78°C under N2, stirred for 1 h, Et2O soln. of Me3GeBr added dropwise, stirring was continued for 2 h at -78°C and overnight at room temp.; further products; reaction mixt. was directly analyzed by a GC-MS system, structures of the products were detd. by analyses of their mass spectra;

n-butyl chloride in tetrahydrofuran 20°C;

BuLi in tetrahydrofuran; hexane absence of air and moisture; dropwise addn. of BuLi (in THF/hexane) to mixt. of Me3GeCl and CHBr3 (in THF) at -78°C, standing for 14 h, warming to -60°C; product mixt. not sepd., detd. by NMR spectroscopy;

n-butyl chloride in tetrahydrofuran 20°C;