mercurationn.
/ˌməːkjᵿˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmərkjəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ Chemistry.
The action or process of introducing mercury into a compound.
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1922 Science 14 July 56/2 The remarkable ease of mercuration of these sulfonic acids is without parallel among aromatic compounds which contain no ‘activating group’.
1965 C. S. G. Phillips & R. J. P. Williams Inorg. Chem. I. xi. 420 Mercuration of aromatic systems occurs very rapidly, presumably through a similar intermediate.
1988 F. A. Cotton & G. Wilkinson Adv. Inorg. Chem. (ed. 5) xvi. 620 The simplest reaction, the mercuration of aromatic compounds, is commonly achieved by the action of mercuric acetate in methanol.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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