Synthesis of Heteroatom-Containing Compounds

Abstract

A wide variety of heteroatom-containing compounds can be conveniently prepared via organomercury intermediates. A number of the more synthetically interesting of these transformations will be covered in this chapter, starting first with some methods of forming oxygen-containing compounds. Subsequent sections will deal with the synthesis of organic compounds of some of the Group VIb (sulfur, selenium and tellurium) and Vb (nitrogen and phosphorus) elements, followed by a very brief discussion of the synthesis of some organosilicon compounds which might be of interest to the organic chemist. The synthesis of organic compounds of other elements of the periodic table is beyond the scope of this monograph and will not be covered.