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By treatment of the geometric isomers of 1,2-diphenylvinyllithium with mercuric chloride, the stereoisomeric bis(1,2-diphenylvinyl)mercurys have been prepared.
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By the disymmetrization of the stereoisomeric bis(1,2-diphenylvinyl)mercurys, the stereoisomeric 1,2-diphenylvinyl mercury chlorides have been prepared.
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An investigation has been made of the symmetrization of the stereoisomeric 1,2-diphenylvinylmercury chlorides with formation of the original bis(1,2-diphenylvinyl)mercurys.
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A study has been made of the conditions required for the isomerization of cis-1,2-diphenylvinyllithium and of cis-bis(1,2-diphenylvinyl)mercury into the corresponding trans isomers.
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It has been shown that the investigated exchange reactions occurring at the olefin carbon responsible for geometric isomerism are stereochemically pure and occur without change in the original configuration.
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Nesmeyanov, A.N., Borisov, A.E. & Volkenau, N.A. Synthesis of stereoisomeric organomercury compounds via organolithium compounds. Russ Chem Bull 3, 865–872 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01168169
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