Mercury, diethyl-

• Formula: C₄H₁₀Hg
• Molecular weight: 258.71
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/2C2H5.Hg/c2*1-2;/h2*1H2,2H3; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SPIUPAOJDZNUJH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 627-44-1
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• Other names: Diethylmercury; (C2H5)2Hg
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 (l) +  (cr) = 2C₂H₅HgI (cr)

By formula: C₄H₁₀Hg (l) + HgI₂ (cr) = 2C₂H₅HgI (cr)

 (l) + Cl₂Hg (cr) = 2 (cr)

By formula: C₄H₁₀Hg (l) + Cl₂Hg (cr) = 2C₂H₅ClHg (cr)

 (l) +  (cr) = 2C₂H₅BrHg (cr)

By formula: C₄H₁₀Hg (l) + Br₂Hg (cr) = 2C₂H₅BrHg (cr)

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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References

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Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1951
Hartley, K.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. IV. Mercury diethyl and mercury diphenyl, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1951, 47, 254, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9514700254 . [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brigton, 1977. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in Academic Press, New York, 1970. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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