4830. Hydroxymercurichlorophenols

Description and references

Prepared from o-chlorophenol and mercuric oxide or mercuric salts: F. C. Whitmore, Organic Compounds of Mercury (Chemical Catalog Co., New York, 1921) p 269; DE 234851 (1910 to Bayer), Frdl. 10, 1272.

Chemical structure

Derivative

2-Chloro-4-(hydroxymercuriphenol).

Nomenclature

CAS number: 538-04-5
(3-Chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)hydroxymercury; Semesan (DuPont).
C6H5ClHgO2; mol wt 345.15.
C 20.88%, H 1.46%, Cl 10.27%, Hg 58.12%, O 9.27%.

Properties

(n = 1).

Use

Fungicide.