Methoxyethyl-mercury-chloride

General Description

White powder with black granules.

Air & Water Reactions

Insoluble in water.

Reactivity Profile

Organometallics, such as METHOXYETHYL-MERCURY-CHLORIDE, are reactive with many other groups. Incompatible with acids and bases. Organometallics are good reducing agents and therefore incompatible with oxidizing agents. Often reactive with water to generate toxic or flammable gases. Organometallics containing halogens (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine) bonded to the metal typically with generate gaseous hydrohalic acids (HF, HCl, HBr, HI) with water.

Health Hazard

ACUTE/CHRONIC HAZARDS: METHOXYETHYL-MERCURY-CHLORIDE is toxic by ingestion. When heated to decomposition it emits highly toxic fumes.

Fire Hazard

Flash point data for METHOXYETHYL-MERCURY-CHLORIDE are not available. METHOXYETHYL-MERCURY-CHLORIDE is probably combustible.

Safety Profile

Poison by ingestion and subcutaneous routes. Experimental reproductive effects. Human mutation data reported. Used to control pineapple disease of sugarcane. When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumes of Hg and Cl-. See also MERCURY COMPOUNDS and CHLORIDES.