Electron Transfer Chain Reactions in the Alkylation of Isonitriles by Alkylmercury Halides

GA Russell, R Rajaratnam…

Index: Russell, Glen A.; Rajaratnam, Ragine; Chen, Ping Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 1998 , vol. 52, # 5 p. 528 - 532

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Abstract

Results Photolysis of t-BuHgX or i-PrHgX with PhNC in Me2 SO at 35 OC leads to the precipitation of Hg in a process inhibited by the presence of 10 mol% of (1-Bu) 2NO'. The reaction also occurs in the dark at 80 C with t-BuHgI and at 25 “C with the redox system KLKZSZOS. After work-up with aqueous Na2S2O3 (to remove unchanged organomercurials), excellent yields of the amides PhNHC (O) R with R= t-Bu or i-Pr are ...