mercuriation

English

Etymology

mercury + -ation

Noun

mercuriation (plural mercuriations)

  1. (chemistry) Any reaction that introduces a covalent mercury bond into a compound
    • 1985 F Gordon A Stone, Robert West - Advances in Organometallic Chemistry
      Hiratuka has investigated the mercuriation of aryl arsenicals by mercuric acetate.
    • 1992 Victor A. Bernstam - Handbook of Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice
      Mercuriation of nucleic acids is performed after ISH is completed using haptens with SH groups that bing the mercury.
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