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Hock and Stuhlman1 discovered that the reaction of iron pentacarbonyl with mercuric halides yielded solid products, which they formulated as addition compounds Fe(CO)4Hg·(HgX2), containing the Fe(CO)4Hg moiety which itself can be obtained by reaction of iron pentacarbonyl and mercuric sulphate. No structural information on these compounds is available, although Wells2 has suggested that Fe(CO)4Hg is polymeric and trans.
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Hock, H., and Stuhlman, H., Chem. Ber., 61, 2097 (1928).
Wells, A. F., Structural Inorganic Chemistry, third ed., 743 (Oxford Univ. Press, 1962).
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Adams, D. M., Cook, D. J., and Kemmitt, R. D. W. (in preparation).
Nyholm, R. S., and Vrieze, K., Chem. and Indust., 318 (1964).
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ADAMS, D., COOK, D. & KEMMITT, R. Compounds containing Mercury – Iron Bonds. Nature 205, 589–590 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205589b0
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