1: 83 percent / mercury (II) chloride, HMDS / CH2Cl2 2: 78 percent / 8N HCl / H2O / 6 h View Scheme

1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyl-disilazane; mercury dichloride in dichloromethane

aluminium trichloride; 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyl-disilazane; mercury dichloride 1.) methylene chloride; 2.) r.t., 45 min; Yield given. Multistep reaction. Yields of byproduct given;