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Mercury(II) cyanide

99%

Synonym(s):

Mercuric cyanide

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Linear Formula:
Hg(CN)2
CAS Number:
592-04-1
Molecular Weight:
252.62
Beilstein:
4652800
EC Number:
209-741-6
MDL number:
MFCD00011037
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
24852495

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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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

EUH032

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

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The determination of mercury oxycyanide.
F P WILSON et al.
The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology, 10(7), 442-446 (1958-07-01)
[Treatment of primary & secondary syphilis by penicillin & mercuric cyanide].
P LECHELLE
Bulletins et memoires de la Societe medicale des hopitaux de Paris, 73(22-24), 698-701 (1957-06-12)
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
[Acute renal failure caused by mercury compounds in humans].
M Lao
Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej, 75(3), 181-185 (1986-03-01)
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
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