diphenylmercury

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|CASNo = 587-85-9

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|UNII = 9JF9FUI57J

|EINECS = 209-606-1

|PubChem = 11488

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|SMILES = c1ccc(cc1)[Hg]c2ccccc2

|InChI = 1/2C6H5.Hg/c2*1-2-4-6-5-3-1;/h2*1-5H;/rC12H10Hg/c1-3-7-11(8-4-1)13-12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10H

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|StdInChI = 1S/2C6H5.Hg/c2*1-2-4-6-5-3-1;/h2*1-5H;

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|Formula = {{chem2|Hg(C6H5)2}}

|C=12|H=10|Hg=1

|Appearance = white solid

|Density = 2.318 g/cm³{{cite book | title = CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 89th Edition | last = Lide | first = D. R. | year = 2008 | publisher = CRC Press | isbn = 978-0-8493-0488-0 | pages = 3–518}}

|MeltingPtC = 121 to 123

|BoilingPtC = 204

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|Solubility = slightly soluble in ethanol, diethyl ether; soluble in benzene, chloroform}}

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|OtherCompounds = {{ubl|Diphenylzinc|Phenylcopper|Phenylsodium}}

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Diphenylmercury is the organomercury compound with the formula {{chem2|Hg(C6H5)2}}. It is a white solid.{{cite journal |author1=Glidewell, C. |author2=Low, J. N. |author3=Wardell, J. L. | title = Diphenylmercury, redetermined at 120 K: sheets built from a single C-H···π(arene) hydrogen bond | journal = Acta Crystallographica C | year = 2005 | volume = 61 | issue = 2 | pages = m107–m108 | doi = 10.1107/S0108270104034134 | pmid = 15695887 | url = http://journals.iucr.org/c/issues/2005/02/00/sk1803/sk1803.pdf | doi-access = free}} The compound is of historic interest as a particularly stable organometallic compound but it finds few uses because of its high toxicity.