Mercury, dimethyl-

• Formula: C₂H₆Hg
• Molecular weight: 230.66
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/2CH3.Hg/h2*1H3; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ATZBPOVXVPIOMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 593-74-8
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Dimethylmercury; (CH3)2Hg
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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

References

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Martinho Simões
Martinho Simões, J.A., Private communication (see http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/om/). [all data]

Carson, Carson, et al., 1952
Carson, A.S.; Carson, E.M.; Wilmshurst, B., Nature, 1952, 170, 320. [all data]

Hartley, Pritchard, et al., 1950
Hartley, K.; Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., Thermochemistry of metallic alkyls. III.?mercury dimethyl and mercury methyl halides, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1950, 46, 1019, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9504601019 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas

  Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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