Tetrahedron

Mercury-assisted solvolyses of alkyl halides: Simple procedures for the preparation of nitrate esters, acetate esters, alcohols and ethers

A McKillop, ME Ford

Index: McKillop,A.; Ford,M.E. Tetrahedron, 1974 , vol. 30, p. 2467 - 2475

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Citation Number: 51

Abstract

The reactions of a wide variety of alkyl halides with mercury (I) and/or (II) nitrate in 1, 2- dimethoxyethane, mercury (II) acetate in acetic acid, aqueous mercury (II) perchlorate, and mercury (II) perchlorate in alcohol solvents have been investigated; as a result, simple high yield procedures for the conversion of alkyl halides into the corresponding nitrate esters, acetate esters, alcohols and ethers have been developed.