Cadiot-Chodkiewicz couplings of arylacetylenes (I), XC 6H 4CCH (X = H; m-Br, -Me; p-F, -NO 2, -OMe) with bromoethynyl(triethyl)silane(II), BrCCSiEt 3, yield the silylated diynes, XC 6H 4(CC) 2SiEt 3, from which the terminal diynes(III), XC 6H 4CC) 2H, are quantitatively liberated by treatment with aqueous methanolic alkali. Reactions of II with III in turn yield the silylated triynes, XC 4H 4CC) 3SiEt 3, which, with alkali, give the free arylhexatriynes, XC 6H 4(CC) 3H(IV). The germanium analogue of II, BrCCGeEt 3, likewise couples with I (X = H, p-NO 2) to give XC 6H 4(CC) 2GeEt 3 or with III to give XC 6H 4(CC) 3GeEt 3. The products (X = H) are identical with those obtained from the Grignard reagents, C 6H 5(CC) nMgBr ( n = 2, 3), and bromotriethylgermane. Other XC 6H 4(CC) nGeEt 3 compounds ( n = 2,3; excluding X = NO 2) were also prepared by the Grignard method. Couplings between phenylacetylene and the reagents, BrCCSiMe3(V), and ICCSiR 3 (R = Me, Et) give the appropriate silylated phenylbutadiynes in poor yield because of symmetrical oxidative coupling (iodo compounds) or of base-sensitivity of the trimethylsilyl-acetylene bonds.