Mercury oxycyanide

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| ImageFile = Mercury-oxycyanide_structure.png

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| IUPACName = cyano(cyanomercuriooxy)mercury

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|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo = 1335-31-5

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| UNII_Ref = {{fdacite|correct|FDA}}

| UNII = K68N3EK81V

| PubChem = 56843208

| ChemSpiderID = 62862114

| SMILES = C(#N)[Hg]O[Hg]C#N

| InChI = 1S/2CN.2Hg.O/c2*1-2;;;

| InChIKey = FWJGYFKCKCRGIV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| C=2 | Hg=2 | N=2 | O=1

| Appearance =

| Density = 5.94

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|Section3={{Chembox Structure

| Structure_ref ={{cite journal | vauthors = Šćavnićar S |title=The crystal structure of mercury(II) oxycyanide |journal=Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials |date=January 1963 |volume=118 |issue=1–6 |doi=10.1524/zkri.1963.118.16.248 |s2cid=96021764 }}

| CrystalStruct = orthorhombic

| SpaceGroup = Pnam

| LattConst_a = 18.93

| LattConst_b = 7.09

| LattConst_c = 3.90

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| UnitCellFormulas = 4

| Coordination =

| MolShape = rough V

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|Section7={{Chembox Hazards

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Mercury oxycyanide is a chemical compound, an organomercury derivative. It is both explosive and highly toxic, producing symptoms of both mercury and cyanide poisoning following exposure.{{cite journal | vauthors = Wilson FP, Ingle PH, Butler CG | title = The determination of mercury oxycyanide | journal = The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology | volume = 10 | issue = 7 | pages = 442–6 | date = July 1958 | pmid = 13564415 | doi = 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1958.tb10326.x | s2cid = 25652533 }}{{cite journal | vauthors = Benaissa ML, Hantson P, Bismuth C, Baud FJ | title = Mercury oxycyanide and mercuric cyanide poisoning: two cases | journal = Intensive Care Medicine | volume = 21 | issue = 12 | pages = 1051–3 | date = December 1995 | pmid = 8750135 | doi = 10.1007/BF01700673 | s2cid = 28243218 }}

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