(Ar~ l)~ Pb (Alkyl) f HC1+(Aryl) zPb (Cl)(Alkyl)+ Aryl H a mixed organolead compound containing aryl and alkyl groups would be cleaved by hydrogen chloride to give an aromatic but not an aliphatic hydrocarbon. However, Austin “has shown that when an alcoholic solution of triphenylallyllead is heated with hydrobromic acid, triphenyllead bromide is formed in practically quantitative yields
