E. Piers et R. Lemieux, REACTION OF (TRIMETHYLGERMYL)COPPER(I)-DIMETHYL SULFIDE WITH ACYL CHLORIDES - EFFICIENT SYNTHESES OF FUNCTIONALIZED ACYLTRIMETHYLGERMANES, Organometallics, 14(11), 1995, pp. 5011-5012
(Trimethylgermyl)copper(I)-dimethyl sulfide (2) reacts with acyl chlor
ides at low temperature in the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane to pr
oduce acyltrimethylgermanes in excellent yields.