mercuriation

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mercuriation (plural mercuriations)

(chemistry) Any reaction that introduces a covalent mercury bond into a compound
- 1985, F Gordon A Stone, Robert West, Advances in Organometallic Chemistry:
  Hiratuka has investigated the mercuriation of aryl arsenicals by mercuric acetate.
- 1992, Victor A. Bernstam, Handbook of Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice:
  Mercuriation of nucleic acids is performed after ISH is completed using haptens with SH groups that bing the mercury.

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