Title: Hydroxymercurichlorophenols
Literature References: Prepared from
o-chlorophenol and mercuric oxide or mercuric salts: F. C. Whitmore,
Organic Compounds of Mercury (Chemical Catalog Co., New York, 1921) p 269;
DE 234851 (1910 to Bayer),
Frdl. 10, 1272.
Derivative Type: 2-Chloro-4-(hydroxymercuriphenol)
CAS Registry Number: 538-04-5
CAS Name: (3-Chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)hydroxymercury
Trademarks: Semesan (DuPont)
Molecular Formula: C6H5ClHgO2
Molecular Weight: 345.15
Percent Composition: C 20.88%, H 1.46%, Cl 10.27%, Hg 58.12%, O 9.27%
Properties: (n = 1).
Use: Fungicide.