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Reaction of Mercuric Chloride with Plasmalogen

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IT has been found that aqueous mercuric chloride reacts with the enol-ether double bond of plasmalogen1 to form a mercury-organic compound. This reaction clarifies the mercuric chloride catalysis in the Feulgen-Voit-Schiff identification of plasmalogen2.

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NORTON, W. Reaction of Mercuric Chloride with Plasmalogen. Nature 184, 1144–1145 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841144a0

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