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Usage

Uses

Used in Agricultural Applications:
Di-o-tolylmercury is used as a fungicide and mildewcide for controlling fungal and mildew growth in crops, ensuring better crop yields and protection against plant diseases.
Used in Industrial Applications:
In the industrial sector, di-o-tolylmercury serves as a chemical intermediate in the production of other organic compounds, contributing to the synthesis of various chemical products.
However, due to its high toxicity and potential environmental impact, the use of di-o-tolylmercury has been restricted and phased out in many countries to minimize the risk of severe health effects and environmental contamination.

InChI:InChI=1/2C7H7.Hg/c2*1-7-5-3-2-4-6-7;/h2*2-5H,1H3;/rC14H14Hg/c1-11-7-3-5-9-13(11)15-14-10-6-4-8-12(14)2/h3-10H,1-2H3

Upstream product

• 95-46-5 2-methylphenyl bromide 
• 861532-98-1 benzyl-o-tolyl-mercury 
• 932-31-0 ortho-tolylmagnesium bromide 
• 104923-33-3 mercury(I) chloride 

Downstream Products

• 4537-05-7 du-o-tolyl sulfide 
• 22904-44-5 2-methylphenyl radical 
• 611-23-4 2-nitrosotoluene 
• 22077-56-1 di-2-tolyl selenide 
• 5510-87-2 (2-(methyl)phenyl)dichlorophosphine 
• 697-97-2 o-tolylarsonous dichloride 
• 4250-48-0 (2-methylphenyl)dichloroborane 
• 6243-26-1 di‐o‐tolyltellane 
• 30432-34-9 tri-o-tolylaluminum 
• 7029-31-4 bis(2-methylphenyl)zinc 
• 85656-28-6 ethyl 1-(o-methylphenyl)-2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylate 
• 16419-60-6 2-Methylphenylboronic acid 
• 7294-50-0 tri-o-tolylboroxine 
• 3969-57-1 o-tolylarsonic acid 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF DI-ortho-TOLYLMERCURY

The structure of di-ortho-tolylmercury has been determined by single crystal X-ray methods from counter data.The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with unit cell dimensions a 10.970(2), b 10.448(3), c 11.409(3) Angstroem; β 115.48(2) deg, V 1180.5(5) Angstroem3, ρcalc 2.158 g/cm3 and Z = 4.The structure was solved with conventional heavy atom techniques.The crystal consists of individual molecular units with the mercury atom located on the crystallographic 2-fold axis of symmetry.The C-Hg-C fragment is nearly linear with an angle of 178.0(4) deg.The methyl groups lie on the same side of the molecule and the rings are twisted with respect to one another by 58.9 deg.The Hg-C bond distance is 2.09(1) Angstroem.

Coordinatively unsaturated ?-aryl iridium(III) complexes containing iridium-mercury bonds

Reaction between the iridium(III) complex IrHCl2(PPh3)3 and Hg(o-tolyl)2 yields the red, coordinatively unsaturated, mercury-containing, iridium(III) complex Ir(o-tolyl)Cl(PPh3)2 (1). 31P-199Hg coupling in the 31P NMR spectrum of 1 confirms t