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n-Butylmercuric chloride

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n-Butylmercuric chloride
Names
IUPAC name butyl(chloro)mercury
Identifiers
CAS Number
3D model (JSmol)
Abbreviations BMC
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.190.233 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 663-974-1
PubChem CID
RTECS number
  • OV7700000
UNII
UN number 2810
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C4H9.ClH.Hg/c1-3-4-2;;/h1,3-4H2,2H3;1H;/q;;+1/p-1Key: OKPMTXZRMGMMOO-UHFFFAOYSA-M
SMILES
  • CCCCCl
Properties
Chemical formula C4H9ClHg
Molar mass 293.16 g·mol
Appearance Liquid
Boiling point 130 °C (266 °F; 403 K)
log P 2.4411
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Pictograms GHS08: Health hazard GHS09: Environmental hazard GHS06: Toxic
Signal word Danger
Hazard statements H300, H310, H330, H373, H410
Precautionary statements P260, P262, P264, P270, P271, P273, P280, P284, P302+P352, P304+P340, P320, P321, P330, P361+P364, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
LD50 (median dose) 73 mg/kg (rat subcutaneous)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). Infobox references
Chemical compound

n-Butylmercuric chloride is an organic mercury salt that is used as a catalyst and a precursor to other organomercuric compounds.

Preparation

n-Butylmercuric chloride is made by reacting n-butylmagnesium bromide with mercury chloride.

It can also be prepared by reacting 1-butene with mercury acetate.

References

  1. ^ Ito, Hiroshi; Trinque, Brian; Kasai, Paul (January 22, 2008). "Penultimate effect in radical copolymerization of 2-trifluoromethylacrylates". Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry. 46 (5): 1559–1565. Bibcode:2008JPoSA..46.1559I. doi:10.1002/pola.22467 – via Wiley Online Library.
  2. Larock, Richard C.; Brown, Herbert Charles (1970-04-01). "Organoboranes. X. Fast reaction of organoboranes with mercuric acetate. Convenient procedure for the conversion of terminal olefins into alkylmercuric salts via hydroboration-mercuration". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 92 (8): 2467–2471. doi:10.1021/ja00711a043. ISSN 0002-7863.
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