Title: n-Butylmercuric Chloride
CAS Registry Number: 543-63-5
CAS Name: Butylchloromercury
Molecular Formula: C4H9ClHg
Molecular Weight: 293.16
Percent Composition: C 16.39%, H 3.09%, Cl 12.09%, Hg 68.42%
Line Formula: CH3CH2CH2CH2HgCl
Literature References: Prepn: Slotta, Jacobi, J. Prakt. Chem. [2] 120, 249 (1929); R. C. Larock, H. C. Brown, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 92, 2467 (1970). Distribution in mice: M. Yonaha et al., Chem. Pharm. Bull. 23, 1718 (1975). For the prepn of the bromide see Slotta, Jacobi, loc. cit.; Marvel et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 47, 3009 (1925). Review and bibliography: Krause, von Grosse, Die Chemie der Metallorganischen Verbindungen (Berlin, 1937).
Properties: White needles from ethanol, sometimes leaflets, mp 130°. Soly (g/100 ml) in water at 18°: 1.4 ´ 10-4; at 100°: 3.3 ´ 10-4; soly (g/100 g) in ethanol at 18°: 1.5; at 78°: 9.0; in chloroform at 18°: 5.6.
Melting point: mp 130° |