I second the mythical conclusion. We also tried to make it and failed 10-15 yrs ago (we came up with the di-iodo compound, if I recall). Many of these organomercurials are really tough to handle; I suspect that even if we had succeeded in making the desired compound, it would have been as soluble as a stone.
Pat On 11 Jul 2012, at 9:18 AM, David Briggs wrote: > Hi Vijay, > > Not an answer to your question, but I tried and failed to source any > about 10 years ago. I had a chemist friend try to make some following > the a protocol we found on the web - which didn't work. > > The consensus on the ccp4bb back then was that it was a bit of > mythical beast, and I never progressed beyond this. > http://www.ysbl.york.ac.uk/ccp4bb/2001/msg00958.html > > We made some Iodo-phenylglyoxal though... never got it to work (as a > derivative) in action. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > ============================ > David C. Briggs PhD > http://about.me/david_briggs > > > On 11 July 2012 13:37, Vijay Reddy <red...@scripps.edu> wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Could someone please advise me on where to purchase Mercury Phenylglyoxal >> from? >> >> Many thanks, >> Vijay >> >> ======================================== >> Vijay S. Reddy, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor >> Department of Molecular Biology, TPC6 >> The Scripps Research Institute, >> 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, >> La Jolla, CA 92037 >> >> E-mail: red...@scripps.edu >> WWW: http://www.scripps.edu/~reddyv >> VIPERdb: http://viperdb.scripps.edu >> >> Phone:(858) 784-8191 >> FAX: (858) 784-8896 >> ========================================
