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zgoat65

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Re: Preparation of mercury salts from Hg metal
« Reply #60 on: May 29, 2012, 12:12:03 AM »
Ok, so in my new dream I had acquired new mercury metal.  I also had some lovely smelling MBK sitting handy.  If I were to have used the mercury  dissolved in HNO3 for reductive amination, would the acid get in the way of the rxn?  If so, is there something I can do to make it work?
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Re: Preparation of mercury salts from Hg metal
« Reply #61 on: May 29, 2012, 01:21:37 AM »
It would bee best if you used a pure mercuric (II) salt, but solutions have worked for many members  ;) You should titrate it with the acid, dry the salt and then wash the residual acid away  :P The approach first published by Wagner in Dingler's Journal that WizardX posted should work as well 8)
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