13-05913. Mercuric Succinimide [Archived]

Properties

White, small crystals or cryst powder; odorless and stable in air; affected by light. Poisonous! One gram dissolves in 20 ml water, 5 ml boiling water, 300 ml alcohol. Practically insol in ether. Protect from light. On adding NaOH to its aq soln a yellowish-white ppt forms which is reduced to metallic Hg by heat; heated with zinc dust, pyrrole evolves which colors a pine splinter moistened with HCl red. The aq soln is not pptd by albumin.