Pj. Craig et al., NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE AND MASS-SPECTRA OF ORGANOMERCURY HYDRIDESAND DEUTERIDES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton transactions, (2), 1996, pp. 153-156
A series of new organomercury hydrides, including aromatic and fluoroa
romatic compounds, have been characterised by mass and NMR spectroscop
y. Unusual features of these compounds included an unusually downfield
chemical shift for the Hg-H proton, confirmed by deuterium substituti
on, and a high value for the Hg-199-H coupling constant. The half-life
for dilute solutions of methylmercury hydride was in the region of 1-
3 h.