Mercury(II) cyanide

Hg(CN)2CAS 592-04-1252.63 g/mol

NHgN
Nitrile

Properties

Molecular formula
Hg(CN)2
Molar mass
252.63 g/mol
Exact mass
253.9768 Da
Density
4 g/mL (at 20 °C)
Melting point
320 °C (decomposes)
logP
0.19Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
47.6 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 2
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

Danger
Acute Toxic (GHS06)Health Hazard (GHS08)Environmental Hazard (GHS09)

Aggregated from 41 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P260, P262, P264, P270, P271, P273, P280, P284, P301+P316, P302+P352, P304+P340, P316, P319, P320, P321, P330, P361+P364, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
592-04-1
SMILES
C(#N)[Hg]C#N
InChIKey
FQGYCXFLEQVDJQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/2CN.Hg/c2*1-2;
Characterization data

Calculated from the structure, in the form journals print them.

[M + H]+
[M + H]+ Calcd for C2HHgN2 254.9841
[M + Na]+
[M + Na]+ Calcd for C2HgN2Na 276.9660
Elemental analysis
Anal. Calcd for C2HgN2: C, 9.51; N, 11.09.

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Names and synonyms

6 names
  • Mercury cyanide (Hg(CN)2)
  • Mercuric cyanide
  • Mercury dicyanide
  • Dicyanomercury
  • Cianurina
  • Mercuric cyanide (Hg(CN)2)

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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