METHYLMERCURY: PHOTOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION OF MERCURIC SULFIDE INTO METHYLMERCURY IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS1

A new procedure for the speciation of me

A new procedure for the speciation of mercury in water based on the transformation of mercury (II) and methylmercury (II) into stable acetylides followed by HPLC analysis

✍ Daniele Fabbri; Ivano Vassura; Marco Lombardo; Claudio Trombini 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 505 KB

## Conversion of mercury(I1) and methylmercury(I1) species dissolved in water into di(pheny1-ethyny1)mercury and methyl(phenylethyny1) mercury takes place in satisfactory yield under alkaline conditions by stirring the aqueous solution with phenylacetylene at room temperature. Mercury speciation i