Abstract
Dilute solutions of dibenzylmercury decompose on heating in toluene solution to give mercury and bibenzyl as the main products, along with traces of 1,2,3-triphenylpropane and stilbene. Phenyl-p-tolylmethane was absent. The decomposition of dilute solutions of the mercurial initially follows first-order kinetics in the temperature range 130–160°. Arrhenius parameters are log10A 16.0 ± 0.3; E 38.5 ± 0.5 kcal mol–1. The rate-determining process is probably homolysis of one benzyl–mercury bond. In concentrated solutions, particularly at the higher temperatures, the kinetics of the decomposition are more complex.
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