Tetrahedron Letters

Electron-transfer chain-substitution in hydrodemercuration of alkylmercury (II) compounds with n-benzyl-1, 4-dihydronicotinamide

H Kurosawa, H Okada, T Hattori

Index: Kurosawa, Hideo; Okada, Hiroshi; Hattori, Tatsuaki Tetrahedron Letters, 1981 , vol. 22, # 45 p. 4495 - 4498

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Abstract

Abstract Reduction of alkylmercury (II) acetates with N-benzyl-1, 4-dihydronicotinamide (BNAH) proceeds through electron-transfer chain-substitution mechanism. The rate constant of hydrogen transfer from BNAH to alkyl radical was estimated as in the order of 10 5 1/mol· sec.