Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Photo-induced electron transfer reactions of tetraalkylsilanes, -germanes, and -stannanes with aromatic nitriles afforded alkylated products. The mechanism was investigated by use of a radical clock. ... Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 27 (1988), p. 1227 and references therein.