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Mersalyl (Mersal) is an organomercury compound and mercurial diuretic. It is only rarely used as a drug, having been superseded by thiazides and loop diuretics that are less toxic because they do not contain mercury. It features a Hg(II) centre. Mersalyl was originally adapted from calomel (Hg2Cl2), a diuretic discovered by Paracelsus.

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485.076230264
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chemical formula
C₁₃H₁₈HgNO₆
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Mersalyl
canonical SMILES
O.[CH2]C(CN=C(O)c1ccccc1OCC(=O)[O-])OC.[Hg+]
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