Cleavage of organic germanium compounds containing silicon with aluminum bromide

Summary

• 1. Organogermanium compounds containing a silicon atom or a second germanium atom undergo a reaction of aluminum bromide, similar to the reaction of Vdovin, Pushchevaya, and Petrov in the series of structurally analogous organosilicon compounds.

• 2. Organogermanium compounds are more inclined to this reaction than organosilicon compounds, since the formation of (CH₃)₄Ge in this case proceeds considerably more readily than that of (CH₃)₄Si.