Activation Energies for Fluxional Behavior in Aryl(pentachlorocyclopentadienyl)mercurials, η1 -C5Cl5 HgR, from 35Cl NQR Relaxation Times

Abstract

Abstract Solid-state activation energies for fluxional behavior in three aryl-subsituted (pentachlorocyclo-pentadienyl)phenylmercury compounds RHgC5 Cl5 : (pentachlorocyclopentadienyl)(pentamethyl-phenyl)mercury (I, R = C6 (CH3)5 , Eact = 19.3 kJ mol-1); (pentachlorocyclopentadienyl)(2,4,6-tris-(terf-butyl)phenyl)mercury (II, R = 2,4,6-C 6 H 2 (C(CH3)3)3 , Eact = 59.5 kJ mol-1); and (pentachloro-cyclopentadienyl)(phenyl)mercury (III, R = C6H5 , E act = 62.8 kJ mol-1) have beeb obtained from 35Cl NQR spin-lattice relaxation-time measurements. II has also been shown to be fluxional in solution by 13C NMR spectra. II was prepared by an exchange reaction between Hg(C5Cl5)2 and Hg(2,4,6-C6H2(C(CH3)3)3)2 , which reacted readily despite the great steric hindrance present in the latter reagent.