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Abstract Interaction between (tert-butoxysilyl)methylmagnesium chlorides of the general formula Me3-n(t-BuO)nSiCH2MgCl, n = 1–3, with some organotin and organosilicon monochlorides has been studied. It has been found that the reaction of the Grignard reagents with trialkyltin chlorides readily proceeds via the methylene carbon with the formation of C-substituted products Me3-n(t-BuO)nSiCH2SnR3, R = Me, n-Bu in high yields. The path of this reaction with Me3SiCl and MePh2SiCl depends on the structure of Grignard compound and chlorosilane electrophilicity. Increasing the number of the tert-butoxy groups in the Grignard reagent has unexpectedly been found to result in the formation of Me3-n(t-BuO)nSiCH2OSiMeR2, R = Me, Ph and decrease of the organosilylmethyl silicon compounds content in the reaction products. The structure of the compounds synthesized has been confirmed by 1H, 13C, 29Si, 117,119Sn NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.