Equilibrium control in oxymercuration: attempt to “trap” a mercurinium ion

Abstract
In the presence of catalytic quantities of mineral acid the oxymercuration of olefins is a thermodynamically controlled process, equilibration occurring by reversible oxymercuration–deoxymercuration, and at least for the system studied, mercurinium ions are not kinetically important intermediates in oxymercuration.

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