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THE values obtained by Berthelot1 for the heats of formation of some of the organic compounds of mercury have been in doubt for some time. A re-examination of these compounds is especially important, since their heats of formation can be combined with other recent thermochemical data to give the mean bond energy of the C—Hg bond and the heats of formation of various alkyl and aryl halides. The values for the halides throw considerable light on C—halogen bond dissociation energies and the C—H dissociation energy in benzene.
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CARSON, A., CARSON, E. & WILMSHURST, B. Heats of Formation of Mercury Dimethyl, Diethyl and Diphenyl and some Associated Bond Dissociation Energies. Nature 170, 320–321 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170320a0
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