The reaction of alkyl halides with mercury (II) and potassium thioacetates and selenocyanates.

S Uemura, N Watanabe, A Toshimitsu…

Index: Uemura,S. et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1978 , vol. 51, p. 1818 - 1820

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Abstract

The reactions of alkyl halides with mercury (II) and potassium thioacetates afford alkyl thioacetates (RSCOMe), SN 1 and SN 2 type reactions taking place. In neither case is ROCS Me formed. Reactions with mercury (II) selenocyanate usually give only small amounts of alkyl selenocyanates and/or isoselenocyanates as isolated products except the case of benzyl bromide from which benzyl selenocyanate was obtained almost quantitatively. The ...