Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.36, No.5, 942-943, 1997
Different Products from the Chemical and Electrochemical Reduction of Hgse2 - (K(2.2.2-Cryptand))(2)(Hgse2) and (Pph(4))(2)(Hg(Se-4)(2))Center-Dot-en
[PPh(4)](2)[Hg(Se-4)2]. en has been prepared from the electrochemical reduction of "HgSe2", an intimate mixture of HgSe and Se. [K(2.2.2-cryptand)](2)[HESe(2)] has been isolated from the;eduction of HgSe2 by K in NH3(1) in the presence of 2.2.2-cryptand. Se-77 NMR experiments indicate that the difference in product formation is the result of the different reduction methods used.