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| IUPAC name
Mercury(I) hydride
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| Other names
Dimercurane
Mercurous hydride | |
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| Properties | |
| Hg 2H 2 | |
| Molar mass | 403.20 g mol-1 |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Mercury(I) hydride (Hg2H2) is a binary compound of hydrogen and mercury. The Hg-H bond is very weak and therefore the compound has only been detected in matrix isolation at temperatures up to 6 K.[1][2] The dihydride, HgH2, has also been detected this way.
References
- ^ Aldridge, Simon; Downs, Anthony J. (2001). "Hydrides of the Main-Group Metals: New Variations on an Old Theme". Chemical Reviews. 101 (11): 3305–65. doi:10.1021/cr960151d. PMID 11840988.
{{cite journal}}: no-break space character in|title=at position 35 (help) - ^ Knight, Lon B. (1971). "Hyperfine Interaction, Chemical Bonding, and Isotope Effect in ZnH, CdH, and HgH Molecules". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 55 (5): 2061. doi:10.1063/1.1676373.