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Chemical formula CxHxNxOx
Molecular mass xx.xx g/mol
Density x.xxx g/cm3
Melting point xx.x °C
Boiling point xx.x °C
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Ethylmercury (sometimes ethyl mercury) is a cation composed of an ethyl group and a mercury atom; its chemical formula is C2H5Hg+. The term 'ethylmercury' is sometimes used as a generic term to describe organomercury compounds which include ethylmercury such as ethylmercury chloride and ethylmercury urea. The CAS registry number for ethylmercury chloride is .

Ethylmercury is one of the metabolites of thiomersal, which is used as a preservative in some vaccines. For this application, the ethylmercury salt sodium ethylmercuric thiosalicylate is used. Thimerosal (C9H9HgNaO2S) is made from the combination of ethyl mercuric chloride, thiosalicylic acid, sodium hydroxide and ethanol.

Unlike methylmercury, ethylmercury has not been found to bioaccumulatehttp://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/thimerosal.htm NIAID Research on Thimerosal. The toxicity of ethylmercury is not well studied, however exposure standards based on methylmercury (such as those currently recommended by the EPA) are not demonstrated to be equivalent for ethylmercuryhttp://www.ehponline.org/press/042105.html Thimerosal, Methylmercury React Differently in the Brains of Infants, Study Says. Environmental Health Perspectives April 27, 2005..

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organometallic chemistry | Mercury compounds

 

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