Organomercury compounds. Part V. Preparations of pentachlorophenylmercury compounds by decarboxylation reactions
Abstract
Mercuric pentachlorobenzoate and arylmercuric pentachlorobenzoates, RHgOCO·C6Cl5(R = Ph, p-MeC6H4, or p-MeO·C6H4), undergo decarboxylation in boiling pyridine to give bispentachlorophenylmercury and arylpentachlorophenylmercurials, respectively. Reactions of phenylmercuric chloride, p-tolymercuric chloride, and mercuric chloride with thallous pentachlorobenzoate in boiling pyridine yield pentachlorophenylphenylmercury, pentachlorophenyl-p-tolymercury, and pentachlorophenylmercuric chloride, respectively.