Mersalyl

Mersalyl

Names
Other names Mersalyl acid, salyrganic acid
Identifiers
ATC code	C03BC01
CAS Registry Number	486-67-9 Y
ChEMBL	ChEMBL1201330 N
ChemSpider	11337655 Y
InChI InChI=1S/C13H16NO5.Hg.H2O/c1-9(18-2)7-14-13(17)10-5-3-4-6-11(10)19-8-12(15)16;;/h3-6,9H,1,7-8H2,2H3,(H,14,17)(H,15,16);;1H2/q;+1;/p-1 Y Key: HQRSUIDICNOLPX-UHFFFAOYSA-M Y InChI=1/C13H16NO5.Hg.H2O/c1-9(18-2)7-14-13(17)10-5-3-4-6-11(10)19-8-12(15)16;;/h3-6,9H,1,7-8H2,2H3,(H,14,17)(H,15,16);;1H2/q;+1;/p-1/rC13H17HgNO6/c1-20-9(6-14-19)7-15-13(18)10-4-2-3-5-11(10)21-8-12(16)17/h2-5,9,19H,6-8H2,1H3,(H,15,18)(H,16,17) Key: HQRSUIDICNOLPX-SCJHNVIKAK
Jmol-3D images	Image
PubChem	443130
SMILES O[Hg]CC(OC)CNC(=O)c1ccccc1OCC(O)=O
UNII	5X1IO031V8
Properties
Chemical formula	C13H18HgNO6
Molar mass	484.87512
Except where noted otherwise, data is given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa)
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Infobox references

Mersalyl (Mersal) is an organomercury compound.^[1] It is only rarely used as a drug, having been superseded by diuretic medications that do not contain mercury and are therefore less toxic. It features a Hg(II) centre. Mersalyl was originally adapted from calomel (HgCl), a diuretic discovered by Paracelsus.

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