Mercury bromide, reaction with

Inorganic mercury was also isolated as methyl mercury upon reaction with tetra-methyl tin ° The initial extracts were subjected to thiosulfate clean-up, and mercury was isolated as the bromide derivative. The method yielded good agreement between gas-chromatographic and atomic absorption spectrometric data. Twenty-four samples were analyzed daily on a routine basis. Organomercurials could also be determined and the differences from inorganic mercury could be detected by these gas-chromatographic methods ... 

Other approaches to tetrazoles were also recently published. Primary and secondary amines 195 were reacted with isothiocyanates to afford thioureas 196, which underwent mercury(II)-promoted attack of azide anion, to provide 5-aminotetrazoles 197 . A modified Ugi reaction of substituted methylisocyanoacetates 198, ketones, primary amines, and trimethylsilyldiazomethane afforded the one-pot solution phase preparation of fused tetrazole-ketopiperazines 200 via intermediate 199 <00TL8729>. Microwave-assisted preparation of aryl cyanides, prepared from aryl bromides 201, with sodium azide afforded aryl tetrazoles 202 . 

Fluorinated alkyl groups (Rp) can be radically attached to Ggp, for example by reaction of mercury-alkyl compounds under irradiation [10, 24] or by reaction with fluorinated alkyl iodides or bromides [25, 26]. Photochemical reaction with (R3Sn)2 or thermal reaction with RjSnH generates the Rp radical from the corresponding iodides or bromides. 

Mercury(I) nitrate undergoes double decomposition reactions with anions in aqueous solution, forming corresponding mercury(l) salts. With potassium iodide and sodium bromide, yellow mercury(l) iodide and white mercury(I) bromide precipitate, respectively. Similarly, mercury(l) nitrate in acid medium reacts with dilute sulfuric acid to form mercury(1) sulfate ... 

The dihydrido complex [RhH2(ri5-C5Me5)(PMe3)] forms C—H insertion products when irradiated in the presence of alkanes (ethane, propane).227,228 Reaction with CHBr3 leads to bromoalkylrhodium complexes, which on treatment with bromine give ethyl bromide or 1-bromopropane in 70-85% yield. The less stable iridium complex formed with neopentane could not be converted directly to neopentyl bromide.229 It gave, however, a mercury derivative that yielded the bromide after treatment with bromine. 

The first detailed study of the stereochemistry of a mercury exchange reaction that was known to be bimolecular was carried out as follows.83 Di-j-butyl-mercury was prepared by reacting optically active j-butylmercuric bromide with racemic i-butylmagnesium bromide as shown in Equation 4.48. 

The specific rotation of the initial. y-butyl bromide used by Charman, Hughes, and Ingold was —15.2°. The specific rotation of the product of the mercury exchange reaction was exactly half that, — 7.6°. When mercuric acetate or mercuric nitrate was used as the cleaving salt, the products showed a specific rotation of —7.5° and —7.8°, respectively. Thus this electrophilic substitution clearly proceeds with retention of configuration. 

The redistribution reaction in lead compounds is straightforward and there are no appreciable side reactions. It is normally carried out commercially in the liquid phase at substantially room temperature. However, a catalyst is required to effect the reaction with lead compounds. A number of catalysts have been patented, but the exact procedure as practiced commercially has never been revealed. Among the effective catalysts are activated alumina and other activated metal oxides, triethyllead chloride, triethyllead iodide, phosphorus trichloride, arsenic trichloride, bismuth trichloride, iron(III)chloride, zirconium(IV)-chloride, tin(IV)chloride, zinc chloride, zinc fluoride, mercury(II)chloride, boron trifluoride, aluminum chloride, aluminum bromide, dimethyl-aluminum chloride, and platinum(IV)chloride 43,70-72,79,80,97,117, 131,31s) A separate catalyst compound is not required for the exchange between R.jPb and R3PbX compounds however, this type of uncatalyzed exchange is rather slow. Again, the products are practically a random mixture. 

The alkylation of different polymeric reagents 268 (prepared from the corresponding odorless 1,3-dithiols and aldehydes) has been performed by successive deprotonation with n-BuLi and reaction with alkyl bromides and iodides. Final oxidation with periodic acid or with mercury(II) perchlorate gave the corresponding ketones (Scheme 73)452. 

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