Refractive mercury compounds

Mercury compounds prepared in this way (Table VIII) are strongly refractive liquids which crystallize in favorable cases. They dissolve readily in organic solvents and are stable to water. Since the mercury compounds can be obtained in a pure form (by distillation, recrystallization) they are actually isolated as an intermediate step in carbosilane synthesis. This results in the removal of all the impurities arising from the various steps in the synthesis, a factor which is particularly important in making carbosilanes of higher molecular weights, where purification becomes more difficult as the molecular weight increases and by-products tend to have an unfavorable effect on the synthesis. 

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Vogel, A. I., Cresswell, W. T., Leicester, J., Bond Refractions for Tin, Silicon, Lead, Germanium and Mercury Compounds, J. Phys. Chem. 58 [1954] 174/7. 

P"Toiyl silicon trichloride. -Tetrachloro-silicane and mercury di p-tolyl are heated in sealed tubes at 300° to 320° C., when the above compound occurs as a strongly refractive, fuming liquid, B.pt. 21S° to 220° C. It is Ibiind to be decomposed by water, giving a convpound having the a]) )arent composition C H SiOoH, and this when heated at 200° C, seems to be transformed into the oxide, (07117810)20,... 

Huestis, D. L., Technical Report MP 78-25, SRI International (project PYU 6158), Menlo Park, CA 94025. Molar refractions for mercury-chlorine compounds are analyzed. 

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