Croatica Chemica Acta, Vol. 63 No. 2, 1990.
Original scientific paper
Electroorganic Chemistry. VII. The Role of Mercuric Salts in the Electroreduction of Benzylic Bromides
Marko Tarle
; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
Ossama Rasmy
; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
Harold Rogers
; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
Joseph Casanova
; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
Abstract
Electroduction of a variety of benzylic mono- and 1,3-dibromides and of benzylmer curie halides at stirred mercury pool cathode leads to products that support a mechanism for the electro- duction of bromides that involves organomercury(I) intermediates and perhaps mercury (I) dimers. Products f ormed in the presence or absence of strongly adsorbed but eleotrochemically indifferent species suggest that monomolecular versus bimolecular reactions of the adsorbed organomercury(I) intermediates or dimers are strongly influenced by the presence of such species and that in some cases the reaction can be directed to one or another final product, providing a measure of control in synthetic applications.
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137406
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Publication date:
10.8.1990.
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