B. Floris et E. Tassoni, METALATION OF ALKYNES .7. SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS IN ACETOXYMERCURATION OF 1-ARYLPROPYNES, Organometallics, 13(12), 1994, pp. 4746-4750
1-Arylpropynes were added to mercuric acetate in acetic acid, with the
regiochemistry depending on the substituent. Kinetics of acetoxymercu
ration were investigated. Second-order rate constants are best related
by the Hammett sigma.