The bis(dimethylbismuth)alkanes (CH3)2Bi(CH2)nBi(CH3)2 (n = 3, 4, 5) were prepared by reaction of NaBi(CH3)2 in liquid ammonia with dibromoalkanes Br(CH2)„Br (n = 3, 4, 5). Thermolysis of bis(dimethylbismuth)butane and bis(dimethylbismuth)pentane leads to the cyclic compounds 1-methyl-bismacyclopentane and 1-methyl-bismacyclohexane. Reaction of NaBi(CH3)2 with halogenomethyl(trimethyl)metallanes XCH2E(CH3)3 ( E = Si, Ge, Sn; X = Hal) produce compounds of the type (CH3)2BiCH2E(CH3)3.