mercury dichloride

Term ID

CHEBI:31823

Synonyms

• bichlorure de mercure
• chlorure mercurique
• ClHgCl
• corrosive mercury chloride
• corrosive sublimate
• dichloromercury
• dichlorure de mercure
• HgCl2
• hydrargyrum bichloratum
• mercuric bichloride
• mercuric chloride
• mercury bichloride
• mercury dichloride
• mercury perchloride
• mercury(2+) chloride
• Mercury(II) chloride
• perchloride of mercury
• Quecksilber(II)-chlorid
• Sublimat
• sublimate
• Sulema

Definition

A mercury coordination entity made up of linear triatomic molecules in which a mercury atom is bonded to two chlorines. Water-soluble, it is highly toxic. Once used in a wide variety of applications, including preserving wood and anatomical specimens, embalming and disinfecting, as an intensifier in photography, as a mordant for rabbit and beaver furs, and freeing gold from lead, its use has markedly declined as less toxic alternatives have been developed.

References

• CAS:7487-94-7
• Drug_Central:4787
• Gmelin:100830
• KEGG:C13377
• KEGG:D01905
• PMID:25042713
• PMID:29079364
• PMID:7980848
• PMID:8991630
• Reaxys:4937255

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

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