Journal of the American Chemical Society

A New Reaction of 1-Iodoacetylenes and Some New Mercury Acetylides

TH Vaughn

Index: Vaughn Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1933 , vol. 55, p. 3454,3456

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Citation Number: 23

Abstract

It has been pointed out by Johnson and McEwenl that the substitution of mercury for an acetylenic hydrogen by means of an alkaline solution of a mercuric salt produces compounds which are readily crystallizable and which possess sharp, definite melting points. They have advocated the use of these mercury derivatives as a general means of identifying and characterizing monosubstituted acetylenes. We have found that substituted ...