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Bis(trimethylsilyl)mercury

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:

: 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:

: TMS2Hg → (CH3)3Si-Si(CH3)3 + Hg

Reaction with hydrogen chloride gives trimethylsilane and trimethylsilyl chloride:

: TMS2Hg + HCl → TMSH + TMSCl + Hg

References

Wiberg, E.. (1963). "Recent Developments in the Chemistry of Metal Silyls of the Type M(SiR3)n". [[Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.]].

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