sodium in methanol West, R.; Hunt, H. R.; Whipple, R. O. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1954, 76, 310; under Ar; NaOCH3 was prepared from Na and CH3OH, this soln. was slowly added to CH3GeCl3 at 0°C, the mixt. was refluxed for 2 h; ppt. was filtered, the solvent was removed, the residue was purified through a short path column at 135°C at ca. 100 mmHg;

potassium hydroxide in neat (no solvent) byproducts: CO2, carbon; GeO2 was stirred in an aq. soln. of KOH, the suspn. was heated to dryness, the residue was dried overnight at 115 °C, ground, charged into the fixed-bed flow reactor, Ar with (CH3O)2CO was passed at 350°C; CO, H2, carbon have no influence; the react. products downstream were collected in fractions using water-chilled condenser and analyzed;