title: The Synthesis and Molecular Structure of the First Two-Coordinate, Dinuclear σ-Bonded Mercury(I) RHgHgR Compound.
abstract: A linear Si-Hg-Hg-Si arrangement and a Hg-Hg distance of 265.69 pm are exhibited by the first two-coordinate, dinuclear σ-bonded organomercury(I) compound 1. It was formed unexpectedly in the reaction of two equivalents of the silane (Me3 SiMe2 Si)3 SiH with tBu2 Hg. In contrast if the reagents are allowed to react in a 1:1 ratio the expected mercury(II) compound (Me3 SiMe2 Si)3 SiHgtBu is obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and, The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000 Haifa, Israel, Fax: (+972) 48233735.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bravo-Zhivotovskii
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuzefovich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bendikov
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klinkhammer
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Apeloig
keywords: Mercury; Silicon