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Mercury(II) oxide red

ACS reagent, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

Mercuric oxide red

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Linear Formula:
HgO
CAS Number:
21908-53-2
Molecular Weight:
216.59
EC Number:
244-654-7
MDL number:
MFCD00011045
UNSPSC Code:
12352303
PubChem Substance ID:
329752146
NACRES:
NB.24

grade

ACS reagent

Assay

≥99.0%

form

powder

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: mercury

impurities

≤0.005% N compounds
≤0.03% insol. dil. HCl

reduction residue

≤0.025%

mp

500 °C (dec.) (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.025%
sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.015%

cation traces

Fe: ≤0.005%

SMILES string

O=[Hg]

InChI

1S/Hg.O

InChI key

UKWHYYKOEPRTIC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

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

Target Organs

Kidney

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

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Chambers C and Holliday AK.
Inorganic Chemistry, 381-381 (2013)
S R Krystek et al.
International journal of peptide and protein research, 34(1), 52-55 (1989-07-01)
Treatment of peptides with excess HgO in the presence of alkaline cyanide leads to cleavage of the peptides at glycine residues. The reaction appears to involve both C- and N-mercuration with subsequent release of 2 mol mercury per mol of
Bingyan Han et al.
Analytical chemistry, 81(13), 5569-5573 (2009-06-09)
Herein, a sensitive and selective sensor for biothiols based on the recovered fluorescence of the CdTe quantum dots (QDs)-Hg(II) system is reported. Fluorescence of QDs could be quenched greatly by Hg(II). In the presence of biothiols, such as glutathione (GSH)
R A Hyndiuk et al.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 34(4), 610-613 (1990-04-01)
A double-masked, placebo-controlled, randomized study was done to assess the safety and clinical and quantitative microbiologic efficacy of 1% mercuric oxide (yellow) ophthalmic ointment in the treatment of eyelid infections, i.e., bacterial blepharitis. A total of 39 patients with bacterial
B Kamoun et al.
Journal francais d'ophtalmologie, 22(5), 525-527 (1999-07-27)
Demodex folliculorum has been incriminated in the development of blepharitis although much controversy persists. Certain authors suggest that Demodex is a direct pathogen in chronic palpebral conditions while others consider the saprophyte to be innocuous to skin. We conducted a
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