Im scared shitless of this stuff, but I dont know if it is produced when in the presence of dimethyldioxane. Could someone describe if any the
reactions that could occur?DraconicAcid - 5-3-2019 at 13:26
I'm scared shitless of it, too, so I take the easy route and simply not work with mercury compounds.unionised - 5-3-2019 at 14:14
I dont know if it is produced when in the presence of dimethyldioxane.
In what circumstances?
I'm fairly sure that reacting mercuric chloride with methylmagnesium bromide in dimethyl dioxane would produce it.
But I'm even more certain that it wouldn't be produced if there was no mercury or mercury compound present in the system.
VSEPR_VOID - 5-3-2019 at 14:23
sodium amalgam and methyl iodine Dan Vizine - 7-3-2019 at 12:11
The American Occupational Safety and Health Administration advises handling dimethylmercury with highly resistant laminated gloves with an additional
pair of abrasion-resistant gloves worn over the laminate pair, and also recommends using a face shield and working in a fume hood.
But my question is "Why?". What can you do with Me2Hg that can't be done by many other safer chemicals, like a Grignard reagent or one of the much
less toxic M (Me)x compounds? Jackson - 7-3-2019 at 12:32
Maybe why he is asking is because he wants to use dimethyldioxane as a solvent for a reaction involving mercury and doesnt want dimethylmercury to
form? Idk thoughPartVIII - 11-3-2019 at 14:54
Dimethyldioxane will not methylate mercury (or anything). In fact, ethers will chelate many organometallic compounds.
