$\newcommand{\ssc}{{\rm sc}} \newcommand{\sss}{{\rm ss}} \newcommand{\ad}{{\rm ad}} \newcommand{\wh}{\widehat} \newcommand{\wt}{\widetilde} \newcommand{\pitil}{\tilde\pi} \newcommand{\rhotil}{\tilde\rho} \newcommand{\gtil}{\tilde g} \newcommand{\stil}{\tilde s} $The answer is Yes. > **Proposition**. Let $\varphi\colon G\to H$ be a homomorphism of connected reductive groups over an algebraically closed field $F$. Let $\varphi^\ssc\colon G^\ssc\to H^\ssc$ denote the induced homomorphism. Then for any $g_1,g_2\in G(F)$ we have $$ \big\lbrace \varphi(g_1),\varphi_(g_2)\big\rbrace _H=\varphi^\ssc\big\lbrace g_1,g_2\big\rbrace _G $$ where for simplicity we write $\varphi^\ssc\big\lbrace g_1,g_2\big\rbrace _G$ instead of $\varphi^\ssc\big(\lbrace g_1,g_2\rbrace _G\big)$. *Proof.* Since the map $\big\lbrace \ ,\big\rbrace _H$ factors via $H^\ad$, we may and shall assume that $H=H^\ad$. Consider the homomorphisms $\varphi\colon G\to H$ and $\rho_H\colon H^\ssc\to H$. The fiber product $$ \wh G=G\times_H H^\ssc $$ is endowed with two homomorphisms $$ \hat \pi_G\colon \wh G\to G\quad\text{and}\quad \hat\pi_H\colon\wh G\to H^\ssc.$$ Since the homomorphism $\rho_H\colon H^\ssc\to H$ is surjective with finite kernel, so is the homomorphism $\hat \pi_G\colon \wh G\to G$. Let $\wt G$ denote the identity component of $\wh G$. Let $$\pitil_G\colon\wt G\to G\quad\text{and}\quad \pitil_H\colon \wt G\to H^\ssc$$ denote the restrictions to $\wt G$ of $\hat \pi_G$ and $\hat \pi_H$, respectively. Then $\pitil_G$ is a surjective homomorphism with finite kernel. It follows that $\wt G$ is a connected reductive $F$-group. Write $G=C\cdot G^\ssc$ where $C$ is the radical (largest central torus) of $G$, and $G^\sss=[G,G]$ is the commutator subgroup of $G$. Similarly, write $\wt G=\wt C\cdot \wt G^\ssc$ where $\wt C$ is the radical of $\wt G$, and $\wt G^\sss=[\wt G,\wt G]$. Then we have surjective homomorphisms $\pitil^\sss\colon \wt G^\sss\to G^\sss$ and $\pitil_C\colon \wt C\to C$ with finite kernels. It follows that there exists a unique surjective homomorphism with finite kernel $\rhotil\colon G^\ssc\to\wt G^\sss$ such that $$ \pitil^\sss\circ\rhotil=\rho_G\colon\ G^\ssc\to G^\sss.$$ From the commutative diagram $\require{AMScd}$ \begin{CD} G^\ssc @>\rhotil>> \wt G^\sss @>\pitil_H>> H^\ssc\\ @| @VV\pitil^\sss V @VV\rho_H V\\ C^\ssc @>\rho_G>> G^\sss @>\varphi>> H \end{CD} we see that $$ \varphi^\ssc=\pitil_H\circ \rhotil\colon\ G^\ssc\to H^\ssc.$$ Now let $g_i\in G(F)$, $i=1,2$. Write $$ g_i=c_i\cdot s_i \qquad\text{where}\ \ c_i\in C(F),\ s_i\in G^\sss(F). $$ We lift $c_i$ to some $\tilde c_i\in\wt C(F)$ and $s_i$ to some $\stil_i\in \wt G^\sss(F)$. We set $\gtil_i=\tilde c_i\cdot \stil_i\in \wt G (F)$; then $\pitil_G(\gtil_i)=g_i$. We lift $\stil_i$ to some $s^\ssc_i\in G^\ssc(F)$. Set $h_i^\ssc=\pitil_H(\gtil_i)\in H^\ssc(F)$. Then $\rho_H(h_i^\ssc)=\varphi(g_i)$, and we have \begin{align*} \big\lbrace \varphi(g_1),\varphi(g_2)\big\rbrace _H :&=[h_1^\ssc,h_2^\ssc]= \pitil_H[\gtil_1,\gtil_2]\\ &=\pitil_H[\stil_1,\stil_2]= \pitil_H\rhotil [s_1^\ssc,s_2^\ssc]=\varphi^\ssc[s_1^\ssc,s_2^\ssc]. \end{align*} Since $g_i=c_i\cdot s_i=c_i\cdot\pitil_H(\stil_i)=c_i\cdot \rho_G(s_i^\ssc)$, we see that $$ \big\lbrace g_1,g_2\big\rbrace _G=[s_1^\ssc,s_2^\ssc]\in G^\ssc(F)$$ and $\varphi^\ssc[s_1^\ssc,s_2^\ssc]=\varphi^\ssc\big\lbrace g_1,g_2\big\rbrace _G.$ Thus $$ \big\lbrace \varphi(g_1),\varphi(g_2)\big\rbrace _H=\varphi^\ssc\big\lbrace g_1,g_2\big\rbrace _G,$$ as required.