Mercuriation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any reaction that introduces a covalent mercury bond into a compound

    "Hiratuka has investigated the mercuriation of aryl arsenicals by mercuric acetate."

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"Hiratuka has investigated the mercuriation of aryl arsenicals by mercuric acetate."

Etymology

From mercury + -ation.

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