These C-chlorinated carbosilanes are particularly interesting in their reaction with organometallic compounds. While methylation of C-chlorinated methylchlorosilanes with CH3MgCI or CH3Li leads mainly to the Si-methyl compound, e. g. the reaction of (CH3)2CISi-CHC12 with CH3MgCl yields (CH3)3Si-CHC12, a similar reaction is hardly ever observed with chlorosilanes in which the skeletal C atom is chlorinated. After the methylation of (C1$3)2CC12 with CH3MgC1 or CH3Li, not even small quantities of the Simethylated compound [(CH3) The heterosiloxane grouping Si-0-X (X = hetero atom) is one of the most important structural units of inanimate nature. The various metal silicates are built up from such units, and profit from their high chemical and thermal stability. Numerous attempts have been made to prepare organometallic polymers from metalsubstituted silicones, in order to make use of the advantageous properties of the heterosiloxane group. Heterosiloxanes of elements of the main groups were discussed in an earlier article 111. The present article deals with the corresponding compounds of the transition elements, which were almost unknown until a few years ago. Efforts to synthesize new inorganic polymers [2,31 have also led to fundamental investigations in this field.