3381. p-Ditolylmercury

Nomenclature

CAS number: 537-64-4
Bis(4-methylphenyl)mercury.
C14H14Hg; mol wt 382.85.
C 43.92%, H 3.69%, Hg 52.39%.

Description and references

Prepd by the action of sodium iodide on p-tolylmercuric chloride in ethanol: Whitmore et al., Org. Synth. 3, 65 (1923); by boiling p-bromotoluene with sodium amalgam in xylene in the presence of ethyl acetate as a catalyst: Dreher, Otto, Ann. 154, 171 (1870); LaCoste, Michaelis, ibid. 201, 246 (1880); Compt. Rend. 68, 1298 (1869).

Chemical structure

Properties

Needles from xylene. mp 238°. Insol in water. Slightly sol in cold alcohol; sol in hot benzene, xylene, chloroform, carbon disulfide.