Benzylphenylmercury decomposes in toluene between 140 and 170 °C to give bibenzyl, diphenylmercury, and mercury in a first-order reaction with log10(A/s–1) 16.8, E 41.0 kcal mol–1, and interpreted as involving Hg–CH2Ph bond fission in the rate-determining step. The effects of m-chloro and p-methyl substitution in the benzyl group on this decomposition have been determined.
H. Aǧirbaş and R. A. Jackson, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1987, 413 DOI: 10.1039/P29870000413
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