mercuriation

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noun

Any reaction that introduces a covalent mercury bond into a compound

OriginEnglish mercury ← Middle English mercurie ← Latin mercurius →
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Meanings

nounmercuriation (plural mercuriations)

plural mercuriations

  1. chemistryAny reaction that introduces a covalent mercury bond into a compound

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

    1985, F Gordon A Stone, Robert West, Advances in Organometallic Chemistry
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    Mercuriation of nucleic acids is performed after ISH is completed using haptens with SH groups that bing the mercury.

    1992, Victor A. Bernstam, Handbook of Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice

Origin

  1. Latinmercurius
  2. Middle Englishmercurie
  3. Englishmercury
  4. Englishmercuriation

From mercury + -ation.

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Translations

Italian mercuriazione
  • mercuriazioneTranslations
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