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THERE are many examples in the literature referring to mercury salts of the type Hg.R1.R2, where R1 and R2 are different anions. In aqueous solution it has been shown by Raman spectroscopy that a mixture of mercuric chloride and bromide gives rise to the molecule HgCl.Br (ref. 1), while HgCII exists in the gas phase2. Molecular weight and conductance measurements of a mercuric bromide solution of mercuric sulphide indicates, however, that 2HgS.HgBr2 is formed3.
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SMITH, T. Formation of Mercuric lodo-acetate in Glacial Acetic Acid and its Reactions with Olefines. Nature 209, 907 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209907a0
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