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Mercury(II) cyanide

99%

Synonym(s):

Mercuric cyanide

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Linear Formula:
Hg(CN)2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
252.62
Beilstein:
4652800
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
Assay:
99%
form:
solid

Quality Level

Assay

99%

form

solid

density

3.996 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

N#C[Hg]C#N

InChI

1S/2CN.Hg/c2*1-2;

InChI key

FQGYCXFLEQVDJQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Disclaimer

For U.S. Customers: Contains mercury; Do not place in trash - dispose according to local, state, or federal laws.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 1 Dermal - Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 2 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - STOT RE 2

Supplementary Hazards

Storage Class Code

6.1B - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Information

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[Acute renal failure caused by mercury compounds in humans].
M Lao
Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej, 75(3), 181-185 (1986-03-01)
R W Myers et al.
Carbohydrate research, 132(1), 61-82 (1984-09-01)
The synthesis and characterization of the anomeric pairs of the per-O-acetylaldohexopyranosyl cyanides of D-galactose, L-fucose, D-glucose, and D-mannose, as well as of 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-phthalimido-beta-D-glucopyranosyl cyanide, are described. Cyanation of the readily available, per-O-acetylaldohexopyranosyl bromides with mercuric cyanide in nitromethane, and subsequent
Xiaojuan Zhang et al.
Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine, 21(2), 143-150 (2007-06-26)
Although mercuric chloride has toxicity on reproductive system, it is uncertain if such toxicity is induced by estrogen-like effect. To study whether mercuric chloride has the estrogen-like effect and its relevant mechanism, proliferation assay of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells
L Labat et al.
Forensic science international, 143(2-3), 215-217 (2004-07-09)
A 57-year-old pharmacist was found dead 11 days after his disappearance. At the autopsy, samples of blood, urine, gastric content were obtained. Presence of ethanol, cyanide and mercury were detected in some samples. Cyanide and mercury were identified and quantified
Mohamed I M Wazeer et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 68(5), 1207-1212 (2007-05-09)
The preparation and characterization of new mercuric complexes of formula L(2)Hg(CN)(2) with L being imidazolidine-2-thione (Imt) and its substituted derivatives, 1,3-diazinane-2-thione (Diaz), 1,3-diazipane-2-thione (Diap), are described. The solution and solid-state (13)C NMR show a significant shift of the CS carbon

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