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Edward Frankland reported the first organomercury compound, methyl-mercuric iodide (CH3HgI), in 1852 only three years after his discovery of the first organometallic compound [1, 2]. Several other organomercury compounds were discovered soon thereafter, but the accidental death of two of the co-workers of Frankland’s successor in 1865 and 1866 effectively brought a halt to activity in this field until the discovery of the mercuration of aromatic compounds by Dimroth [3] just before the turn of the century.
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Larock, R.C. (1985). Introduction. In: Organomercury Compounds in Organic Synthesis. Reactivity and Structure Concepts in Organic Chemistry, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70004-0_1
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