Mercury (II) acetate

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Structural formula
Structural formula of mercury (II) acetate
General
Surname Mercury (II) acetate
other names
  • Mercury acetate
  • Diacetoxy mercury
Molecular formula C 4 H 6 HgO 4
Brief description

white solid with a slight vinegar odor

External identifiers / databases
CAS number 1600-27-7
EC number 216-491-1
ECHA InfoCard 100.014.993
PubChem 15337
Wikidata Q418720
properties
Molar mass 318.7 g mol −1
Physical state

firmly

density

3.27 g cm −3

Melting point

178–180 ° C (decomposition)

solubility
  • easily soluble in water (400 g l −1 at 20 ° C)
  • very soluble in DMSO (1000 g l −1 at 25 ° C)
safety instructions
GHS hazard labeling from  Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (CLP) , expanded if necessary
06 - Toxic or very toxic 08 - Dangerous to health 09 - Dangerous for the environment

danger

H and P phrases H: 330-310-300-373-410
P: 273-280-302 + 352-304 + 340-308 + 310
MAK

0.1 mg m −3

Toxicological data

40.9 mg kg −1 ( LD 50 ,  rat ,  oral )

As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Mercury (II) acetate is a chemical compound , more precisely the mercury salt of acetic acid with the constitutional formula Hg (CH 3 COO) 2 .

Extraction and presentation

Mercury (II) acetate can be produced by reacting acetic acid with mercury (II) oxide .

use

Mercury (II) acetate is used as a catalyst and for the production of organic mercury compounds (e.g. phenyl mercury (II) acetate , 2-methoxyethyl mercury chloride ). A special form is the oxymercuration - demercuration .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Entry on mercury (II) acetate in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on February 1, 2016(JavaScript required) .
  2. ↑ Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Solubility Data. Gaylord Chemical Company, LLC; Bulletin 102, June 2014, p. 14. (PDF)
  3. ↑ Not explicitly listed in Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (CLP) , but with the specified labeling falls under the group entry inorganic compounds of mercury with the exception of mercuric sulphide and those specified elsewhere in this Annex in the Classification and Labeling Inventory of European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), accessed on February 1, 2016. Manufacturers or distributors can expand the harmonized classification and labeling .
  4. ↑ Mention of mercury acetate in determining the fat number (PDF; 346 kB)
  5. ↑ Whitmore FC, Hanson ER: o-Chloromercuriphenol In: Organic Syntheses . 4, 1925, p. 13, doi : 10.15227 / orgsyn.004.0013 ; Coll. Vol. 1, 1941, p. 161 ( PDF ).
  6. ↑ Entry on (2-methoxyethyl) mercury chloride. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on October 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ Entry on Oxymercuration -Demercuration on ChemPage.de