Bis(trimethylsilyl)mercury is a chemical reagent with the formula (CH3)3-Si-Hg-Si-(CH3)3.
Synthesis
This compound was first synthesized by Wiberg et al. in 1963, by the reaction of trimethylsilyl bromide with sodium amalgam:[1]
- 2 Na + Hg + TMSBr → TMS2Hg + 2 NaBr
Reactions
On prolonged heating at 100-160 °C, or when stood under light as an ethereal solution, it decomposes to hexamethyldisilane:[1]
- TMS2Hg → (CH3)3Si-Si(CH3)3 + Hg
Reaction with hydrogen chloride gives trimethylsilane and trimethylsilyl chloride:[1]
- TMS2Hg + HCl → TMSH + TMSCl + Hg
References
- ^ a b c Wiberg, E.; Stecher, O.; Andrascheck, H. J.; Kreuzbichler, L.; Staude, E. (1963). "Recent Developments in the Chemistry of Metal Silyls of the Type M(SiR3)n". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2 (9): 507. doi:10.1002/anie.196305071.
Further reading
- Pickett, Nl; Just, O; Vanderveer, Dg; Rees Ws, Jr (Apr 2000). "Reinvestigation of bis(trimethylsilyl)mercury". Acta Crystallographica C. 56 (4): 412–3. doi:10.1107/S0108270199016339. PMID 10815189.