mercuriation

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English

Etymology

From 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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