The ionization constants of methyl-, ethyl-and phenylmercuric hydroxides and of methylmercuric chloride and bromide have been measured by potentiometric titration. All are weak electrolytes. The solubility products of methyl-and phenylmercuric halides have been found, partly potentiometrically and partly by direct solubility measurements. A convenient way of titrating alkyl mercuric hydroxides is described, and evidence is given to show that a certain method for preparing solid methyl mercuric hydroxide actually leads to the oxide.(1) Most of this work is taken from the Ph.D. thesis of Thomas D.
The advent of large liquid scintillation counters has created a need for a secondary solute which is more soluble in organic solvents than is 2,2'-P-phenylenebis(5-phenyloxazole) (POPOP, I or 11, R-substituents = H), the preferred secondary solute for smallscale work.
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