water; ammonium chloride in hexane byproducts: LiNMe2; in sealed evacuated ampule; in the course of 0.5 h at room temp. amide added to soln. of Et3GeLi; stirred for 4 h; hydrolized with satd. NH4Cl; dried; org. part solvent removed under reduced pressure; products isolated by fractionation; GLC; PMR; mass-spectrometry; elem. anal.;