12-03872. N-(Ethylmercuri)-p-toluenesulfonanilide [Archived]

Nomenclature

CAS number: 517-16-8
Ethyl(4-methyl-N-phenylbenzenesulfonamidato-N)mercury; ethyl(N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamido)mercury; Ceresan M.
C15H17HgNO2S; mol wt 475.96.
C 37.85%, H 3.60%, Hg 42.14%, N 2.94%, O 6.72%, S 6.74%.

Description and references

Review of toxicity: Dangerous Prop. Ind. Mater. Rep. 13, 523-526 (1993).

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals. Pungent odor, somewhat reminiscent of garlic. Practically insol in water.

Caution

Almost as toxic as mercuric chloride; less irritating to the skin than ethyl mercury phosphate. Potential symptoms of overexposure confined to CNS and consist of deafness, ataxia, dysarthria, progressive visual deterioration, dysphagia, sphincteric incontinence, mental confusion, stupor, death. See Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products, R. E. Gosselin et al., Eds. (Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 5th ed., 1984) Section II, p 136.

Use

To control the various smuts which befall grain. Reduces bulb rot in gladiolus.

Status

This monograph has been retired and is no longer subject to revision or update.