Metal-substituted benzenes have a long history of use in medicine. Before antibiotics
Chapter 15, Problem 67(choose chapter or problem)
Metal-substituted benzenes have a long history of use in medicine. Before antibiotics were discovered,phenylarsenic derivatives were the only treatment for a number of diseases. Phenylmercurycompounds continue to be used as fungicides and antimicrobial agents to the present day.On the basis of the general principles explained in this chapter and your knowledge of thecharacteristics of compounds of Hg21 (see Section 12-7), propose a sensible synthesis of phenylmercuryacetate (shown in the margin).
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