Phenylmercuric acetate

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Phenylmercuric acetate Structure
Phenylmercuric acetate structure
 Common Name Phenylmercuric acetate
CAS Number 62-38-4 Molecular Weight 336.73800
Density 2,4 g/cm3 Boiling Point N/A
Molecular Formula C8H8HgO2 Melting Point 148-151 °C(lit.)
MSDS Chinese Flash Point N/A

Summary: The Chinese name of phenylmercury acetate (苯醋酸汞) is 乙酸苯汞, with CAS number 62-38-4, molecular formula C8H8HgO2, and molecular weight 336.73800. It appears as a white crystalline powder with a melting point of 148-151 °C and a density of 2.4 g/cm3. For research-use only, not for medical or clinical usage.

 Names

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Name phenylmercury acetate
Synonym More Synonyms

 Chemical & Physical Properties

This table shows physicochemical parameters including melting point, boiling point, density, solubility and optical rotation. Missing data is marked as N/A.

Density 2,4 g/cm3
Melting Point 148-151 °C(lit.)
Molecular Formula C8H8HgO2
Molecular Weight 336.73800
Exact Mass 338.02300
PSA 26.30000
LogP 0.87250
InChIKey XEBWQGVWTUSTLN-UHFFFAOYSA-M
SMILES CC(=O)O[Hg]c1ccccc1
Stability Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.

 MSDS

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 Toxicological Information

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CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :
OV6475000
CHEMICAL NAME :
Mercury, (acetato)phenyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
62-38-4
LAST UPDATED :
199712
DATA ITEMS CITED :
63
MOLECULAR FORMULA :
C8-H8-Hg-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
336.75
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
1VO-HG-R

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :
Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Human
TYPE OF TEST :
Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - rabbit
TYPE OF TEST :
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION :
41 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
TYPE OF TEST :
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION :
13250 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
TYPE OF TEST :
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION :
13 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
TYPE OF TEST :
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION :
12 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
TYPE OF TEST :
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION :
18 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
TYPE OF TEST :
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Bird - chicken
DOSE/DURATION :
60 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
TYPE OF TEST :
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Bird - quail
DOSE/DURATION :
71 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
TYPE OF TEST :
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION :
10 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
TYPE OF TEST :
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION :
17 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION :
91 mg/kg/13W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure, acute tubular necrosis) Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - phosphatases Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - other Enzymes
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION :
346 mg/kg/1Y-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure, acute tubular necrosis)
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
DOSE :
15 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION :
female 6-10 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - homeostasis Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - other developmental abnormalities
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Subcutaneous
DOSE :
110 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION :
female 8 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Intravaginal
DOSE :
110 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION :
female 7 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
DOSE :
9 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION :
female 8-12 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - homeostasis Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - other developmental abnormalities
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
DOSE :
20 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION :
female 5 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus)
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Intravenous
DOSE :
7500 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION :
female 8 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or resorbed implants per total number of implants) Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - homeostasis
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Intravenous
DOSE :
8 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION :
female 8 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - Central Nervous System
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Intraperitoneal
DOSE :
125 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION :
female 8 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or resorbed implants per total number of implants)
TYPE OF TEST :
Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction

MUTATION DATA

TEST SYSTEM :
Mammal - pig
REFERENCE :
VETNAL Veterinariya. Veterinary Science. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1924- Volume(issue)/page/year: 52(8),91,1975 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.1 mg(Hg)/m3 (skin) DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: TLV/BEI,1997 IARC Cancer Review:Human Inadequate Evidence IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,239,1993 IARC Cancer Review:Group 2B IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,239,1993 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW AJOGAH American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (C.V. Mosby Co., 11830 Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146) V.1- 1920- Volume(issue)/page/year: 126,390,1976 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW SDGTB3 Seminars in Drug Treatment. (New York, NY) V.1-3, 1971-74. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,177,1971 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW BIOGAL Biologico. (Instituto Biologica, Av. Cons. Rodriques Alves, 1252, CEP 04014, Sao Paulo, Brazil) V.1- 1935- Volume(issue)/page/year: 41(7),208,1975 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW ADTEAS Advances in Teratology. (New York, NY) V.1-5, 1966-72. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,51,1972 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,7740,1989 MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 DTLWS* "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Substances in Workroom Air," Supplements. For publisher information, see 85INA8. Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,22,1973 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.01 ppm (0.1 mg(Hg)/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 0.02 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.04 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-JAPAN:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.15 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THAILAND:STEL 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.15 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) : NIOSH REL TO MERCURY, ARYL AND INORGANIC-air:CL 0.1 mg/m3 (Sk) REFERENCE : NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda. Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992 NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 57340 No. of Facilities: 588 (estimated) No. of Industries: 11 No. of Occupations: 29 No. of Employees: 10962 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 57340 No. of Facilities: 2429 (estimated) No. of Industries: 27 No. of Occupations: 30 No. of Employees: 28342 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 5150 (estimated)

 Safety Information

This table covers safety warnings, protective measures, incompatible substances and disposal guidelines for this compound.

Hazard Codes T:Toxic;N:Dangerousfortheenvironment;
Risk Phrases R25;R34;R48/24/25;R50/53
Safety Phrases S23-S24/25-S37-S45-S60-S61
RIDADR UN 1674 6.1/PG 2
WGK Germany 3
RTECS OV6475000
Packaging Group II
Hazard Class 6.1

 Synthetic Route

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 Phenylmercuric acetateBioassay

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This table contains target information, in‑vitro & in‑vivo assay data for this compound.

Name: Primary qHTS assay for inhibitors of alpha-synuclein gene (SNCA) expression
Source: NCGC
External Id: SNCA-p-activity-luciferase
Name: Cell Viability Profiling of Human Lymphoblast Cell Lines
Source: NCGC
Target: N/A
External Id: HAPV101
Name: Caspase-3/7 Activation Profiling of Human Lymphoblast Cell Lines
Source: NCGC
Target: N/A
External Id: HAPC101
Name: Cytochrome P450 Family 1 Subfamily A Member 2 (CYP1A2) small molecule antagonists: lu...
Source: 824
External Id: CYP273
Name: Increase the activity of the Burkholderia fixLJ 2-component system
Source: ICCB-Longwood/NSRB Screening Facility, Harvard Medical School
Target: Burkholderia multivorans
External Id: HMS1625
Name: p53 small molecule agonists, cell-based qHTS assay: qHTS cell viability counter scree...
Source: 824
Target: N/A
External Id: P53600
Name: p53 small molecule agonists, cell-based qHTS assay with rat liver microsomes: qHTS ce...
Source: 824
Target: N/A
External Id: P53MS958
Name: p53 small molecule agonists, cell-based qHTS assay with rat liver microsomes: Summary
Source: 824
External Id: P53MS482
Name: p53 small molecule agonists, cell-based qHTS assay
Source: 824
External Id: P53344
Name: p53 small molecule agonists, cell-based qHTS assay with human liver microsomes
Source: 824
Target: tumor suppressor p53 [Homo sapiens]
External Id: P53MS233
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 Synonyms

This table collects all English aliases, systematic names and CAS‑related synonyms of the compound.

phenylmercuric acetate
acetyloxy(phenyl)mercury
Phenyl mercury acetate
phenylmercury(II) acetate
PMA
phenylmercury(2+) acetate
MFCD00008691
EINECS 200-532-5
(acetato-κO)phenylmercury

 Phenylmercuric acetate | FAQ

This section contains frequently‑asked‑questions about this compound, including basic parameters, properties, storage conditions and corresponding answers.

Q: What are the downstream products of phenylmercury acetate?
A: Related downstream products(CAS) of phenylmercury acetate: 94-50-8;19980-46-2;19980-44-0;14371-10-9;104-53-0;462-06-6;300-57-2;3412-44-0;2550-26-7;1896-62-4.
Q: What is the molecular formula of phenylmercury acetate?
A: Molecular formula of phenylmercury acetate is C8H8HgO2.
Q: What is the CAS number of phenylmercury acetate?
A: CAS number of phenylmercury acetate is 62-38-4.
Q: What is the safety information for phenylmercury acetate?
A: Safety information for phenylmercury acetate: S23-S24/25-S37-S45-S60-S61.
Q: What is the LogP of phenylmercury acetate?
A: LogP of phenylmercury acetate is 0.87250.
Q: What English synonyms does phenylmercury acetate have?
A: English synonyms of phenylmercury acetate: phenylmercuric acetate, acetyloxy(phenyl)mercury, Phenyl mercury acetate, phenylmercury(II) acetate, PMA, phenylmercury(2+) acetate, MFCD00008691, EINECS 200-532-5, (acetato-κO)phenylmercury.
Q: What is the molecular weight of phenylmercury acetate?
A: Molecular weight of phenylmercury acetate is 336.73800.
Q: What are the upstream materials of phenylmercury acetate?
A: Related upstream materials(CAS) of phenylmercury acetate: 368-47-8;1600-27-7;383-35-7;71-43-2;328-57-4;1125-27-5;631-60-7;94-36-0;64-19-7;143-66-8.
Q: What is the melting point of phenylmercury acetate?
A: Melting point of phenylmercury acetate is 148-151 °C(lit.).
Q: What is the SMILES notation of phenylmercury acetate?
A: SMILES notation of phenylmercury acetate is CC(=O)O[Hg]c1ccccc1.

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