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ethylmercury(1+)
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Ethylmercury (sometimes ethyl mercury) is a cation composed of an organic CH3CH2— species (an ethyl group) bound to a mercury(II) centre, making it a type of organometallic cation, and giving it a chemical formula C2H5Hg+. The main source of ethylmercury is thiomersal.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H5Hg+
- Molecular weight
- 229.65 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- ethylmercury(1+)
- SMILES
- CC[Hg+]
- InChIKey
- MJOUBOKSWBMNGQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 1
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 231.01
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- canonical SMILES
- CC[Hg+]
- chemical formula
- C₂H₅Hg⁺
- Commons category
- Ethylmercury
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Toxicity
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Ethylmercury (sometimes ethyl mercury) is a cation composed of an organic CH3CH2— species (an ethyl group) bound to a mercury(II) centre, making it a type of organometallic cation, and giving it a chemical formula C2H5Hg+. The main source of ethylmercury is thiomersal.
==Synthesis and structure== thumb|left|Structures of two main types of complexes derived from "ethylmercury". X− = anion, L = neutral Lewis base. Ethylmercury (C2H5Hg+) is a substituent of compounds: it occurs as a component of compounds of the formula C2H5HgX where X = chloride, thiolate, or another organic group. Most famously X = the mercaptide group of thiosalicylic acid as in thiomersal. In the body, ethylmercury is most commonly encountered as derivatives with a thiolate attached to the mercury. In these compounds, Hg(II) has a linear or sometimes trigonal coordination geometry. Given the comparable electronegativities of mercury and carbon, the mercury-carbon bond is described as covalent.
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