methanol; sodium methylate in methanol Kinetics; byproducts: CH3OSi(CH3)3; a soln. of Ge-compound in NaOMe-MeOH was kept at room temp. for 1 h; kinetics was studied at 30°C; monitored by UV/VIS at 244 nm, hexane was added, H2O was added, hexane layer was sepd., washed, dried (MgSO4), evapd.;

methanol; sodium methylate in methanol; methanol-d1 byproducts: CH3OSi(CH3)3; a soln. of Ge-compound in NaOMe-MeOD-MeOH was kept at room temp. for 1 h;

in hexane byproducts: (CH3)3SiC6H5, (C9H19Si)2; Irradiation (UV/VIS); (Ar); SiGe compd. in hexane was mixed with 1,3-dimethyl-2,3-butadiene; photolyzed for 1 h in quartz sealed tubes; GC, GC/MS, PMR monitoring; solvent was evapd.; dissolved in pentane; isolated by semipreparative GC;

in hexane byproducts: (CH3)3SiC6H5, (C9H19Si)2; Irradiation (UV/VIS); (Ar); SiGe compd. in hexane was mixed with 1,3-dimethyl-2,3-butadiene; photolyzed for 1 h in quartz sealed tubes; GC, GC/MS, PMR monitoring; solvent was evapd.; dissolved in pentane; isolated by semipreparative GC;