Halomethyl-Metal Compounds. VII. The Reaction of Phenyl (bromodichloromethyl) mercury with Carboxylic Acids2

D Seyferth, J Yick-Pui Mui

Index: Seyferth,D.; Mui,J.Y.-P. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1966 , vol. 88, p. 4672 - 4676

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Abstract: Phenyl (bromodichloromethy1) mercury reacts with carboxylic acids in benzene at 80" to give high yields of phenylmercuric bromide and dichloromethyl esters, RCOOCClzH. With trichloroacetic acid phenyl-mercury cleavage becomes an important side reaction. Evidence is presented that it is the monomeric RCOOH (not the hydrogen-bonded dimer) which is the reactive species. A mechanism in which the carboxylic acid reacts with ...