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REACTION OF MERCURIC ACETATE WITH β-METHYLSTYRENE AND ITS DERIVATIVES
Skorobogatova, E. V.,Sokolova, T. N.,Malisova, N. V.,Kartashov, V. R.,Zefirov, N. S.
, p. 1929 - 1933 (2007/10/02)
It was established that the regioselectivity in the addition of mercury acetate to β-methylstyrene and its derivatives in methanol depends on the nature of the substituent in the aromatic ring.For substrates with strong electron-donating groups the products are formed according to the Markovnikov rule; in the change to substrates with electron-withdrawing substituents the regioselectivity of addition is reversed.The reaction rate constants are described by the Brown-Okamoto equation with a very low ρ+ value for electrophilic reagents.
