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ORGANIC mercurials react with thiols or with disulphides (following their conversion to thiols by reagents such as sulphite), according to the following equations1–3: 
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SPRINGELL, P., LEACH, S. Cystine Content of Cattle Hair. Nature 208, 1326–1327 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081326a0
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