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mercuriation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin mercuriusder. Middle English mercurie English mercury Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English mercuriation From mercury + -ation.

Meanings

  1. Any reaction that introduces a covalent mercury bond into a compound
    • Mercuriation of nucleic acids is performed after ISH is completed using haptens with SH groups that bing the mercury. 1992, Victor A. Bernstam, Handbook of Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice:
    • Hiratuka has investigated the mercuriation of aryl arsenicals by mercuric acetate. 1985, F Gordon A Stone, Robert West, Advances in Organometallic Chemistry:

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it mercuriazione (Translations)