MERCURIC CATION

US Previously Marketed

First marketed in 1921

Details

Stereochemistry	ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula	Hg
Molecular Weight	200.59
Optical Activity	NONE
Defined Stereocenters	0 / 0
E/Z Centers	0
Charge	2

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SMILES

[Hg++]

InChI

InChIKey=BQPIGGFYSBELGY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI=1S/Hg/q+2

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Description
Sources: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:51567 | https://www.drugfuture.com/chemdata/Potassium-Triiodomercurate-II-Solution.html | https://patents.google.com/patent/EP1073470A1

Potassium Triiodomercurate(II) is a periodometallate salt. It contains a triiodomercurate(1-). It is an antiseptic (topical) and disinfectant. It is also an antiseborrheic agent.

Approval Year

PubMed

Title	Date	PubMed
Retrograde degeneration of neurite membrane structural integrity of nerve growth cones following in vitro exposure to mercury.	2001 Mar 26	11277574
Disposition of inhaled mercury vapor in pregnant rats: maternal toxicity and effects on developmental outcome.	2002 Apr	11896293
Human renal organic anion transporter 1-dependent uptake and toxicity of mercuric-thiol conjugates in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.	2003 Mar	12606766
Neurobehavioral changes in metallothionein-null mice prenatally exposed to mercury vapor.	2005 Mar 15	15649619
Behavioral changes in metallothionein-null mice after the cessation of long-term, low-level exposure to mercury vapor.	2006 Mar 1	16216453

Patents

Name

Type

Language

MERCURIC CATION

Common Name

English

MERCURY, ION (HG2+)

Common Name

English

MERCURY(2+) ION

Common Name

English

MERCURIC ION

Common Name

English

MERCURY(II) ION

Common Name

English

Code System Code Type Description

RXCUI

1368903