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mercuriation

mercuriation noun: any reaction that introduces a covalent mercury bond into a compound.

Noun

mercuriation (plural mercuriations)

  1. Any 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
    • 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

Forms of mercuriation

pluralmercuriations

Origin of mercuriation

From mercury + -ation.

Questions about mercuriation

What does mercuriation mean?
Mercuriation means any reaction that introduces a covalent mercury bond into a compound.
What part of speech is mercuriation?
Mercuriation is a noun.
What is the plural of mercuriation?
The plural of mercuriation is mercuriations.

Words near mercuriation in the dictionary

  1. mercurially
  2. mercurialness
  3. mercurials
  4. mercurian
  5. Mercurians
  6. mercuriation
  7. mercuriations
  8. mercuric
  9. mercuric chloride
  10. mercuric sulfide
  11. mercuricals

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