Phe-Mer-Nite

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Phe-Mer-Nite
• CAS No.: 55-68-5
• Molecular Formula: C6H5HgNO3
• Molecular Weight: 339.701
• European Community (EC) Number: 200-242-9
• UN Number: 1895
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID6044569
• ICSC Number: 0541
• NSC Number: 4772
• Wikidata: Q1861514
• Wikipedia: Phenylmercuric_nitrate
• Mol file: 55-68-5.mol

Synonyms:merphene;nitratophenylmercury compd. with hydroxyphenylmercury (1:1);phenylmercuric nitrate, basic;phenylmercurinitrate

Chemical Property of Phe-Mer-Nite

Chemical Property:

• Appearance/Colour: white crystalline powder
• Melting Point: 176-178 °C
• PSA: 55.05000
• LogP: 1.04090
• Solubility.: Very slightly soluble in water and in ethanol (96 per cent), slightly soluble in hot water. It dissolves in glycerol and in fatty oils.
• Water Solubility.: <0.1 g/100 mL at 22 C
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 3
• Rotatable Bond Count: 2
• Exact Mass: 340.997587
• Heavy Atom Count: 11
• Complexity: 130

Purity/Quality:

98%min ^*data from raw suppliers

PHENYLMERCURIC NITRATE 95.00% ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Canonical SMILES: C1=CC=C(C=C1)[Hg]O[N+](=O)[O-]
• Inhalation Risk: A nuisance-causing concentration of airborne particles can be reached quickly when dispersed.
• Effects of Short Term Exposure: The substance is corrosive to the eyes, skin and respiratory tract. Corrosive on ingestion.
• Effects of Long Term Exposure: Repeated or prolonged contact may cause skin sensitization. The substance may have effects on the nervous system and kidneys. Animal tests show that this substance possibly causes toxicity to human reproduction or development.

Technology Process of Phe-Mer-Nite

There total 5 articles about Phe-Mer-Nite which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 80.5%

mercury(II) nitrate + benzene (71-43-2,26181-88-4,54682-86-9,13967-78-7,174973-66-1) → phenylmercury(II) nitrate (55-68-5)

Guidance literature:

In acetic acid; heating for 1.5 h Hg(NO3)2 with 6H6 in acetic acid at 75-85°C; calcd. amts.;

Reference yield:

triphenylbismuthane (603-33-8) → phenylmercury(II) nitrate (55-68-5) + {(C6H5)2Hg3}(2+)*2NO3(1-)={(C6H5)2Hg3}(NO3)2

Guidance literature:

Multi-step reaction with 2 steps

1: dichloromethane

2: dichloromethane

In dichloromethane;

DOI:10.1016/S0020-1693(00)80821-X

Reference yield:

mercury(I) nitrate + diphenylmercury(II) (587-85-9,1337-09-3) → phenylmercury(II) nitrate (55-68-5) + {(C6H5)2Hg3}(2+)*2NO3(1-)={(C6H5)2Hg3}(NO3)2

Guidance literature:

In dichloromethane; Electrolysis; controlled potential oxidative electrolysis at a Hg pool electrode in CH2Cl2 at 20°C in the presence of 0.1 M Bu4NClO4; not isolated;

DOI:10.1016/S0020-1693(00)80821-X

upstream raw materials:

benzene

Nitrogen dioxide

diphenylmercury(II)

dinitrogen trioxide