Product Name

  • Name

    METHYLMERCURY(II) CHLORIDE

  • EINECS 204-064-2
  • CAS No. 115-09-3
  • Article Data88
  • CAS DataBase
  • Density g/cm3
  • Solubility Soluble in organic solvents, alcohol and acetone. Slightly soluble in water. Insoluble in benzene
  • Melting Point 170-173 °C(lit.)
  • Formula CH3 Cl Hg
  • Boiling Point °Cat760mmHg
  • Molecular Weight 251.078
  • Flash Point °C
  • Transport Information
  • Appearance white crystals or powder
  • Safety Poison by ingestion, intramuscular, intravenous, and intraperitoneal routes. Questionable carcinogen with experimental carcinogenic and teratogenic data. Human mutation data reported. Experimental reproductive effects. When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumes of Cl− and Hg. See also MERCURY COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; MERCURY COMPOUNDS, ORGANIC.
  • Risk Codes 26/27/28-33-50/53
  • Molecular Structure Molecular Structure of 115-09-3 (METHYLMERCURY(II) CHLORIDE)
  • Hazard Symbols
  • Synonyms Methylmercurychloride (6CI); Caspan; Chloromethylmercury; Mercury methyl chloride;Methylmercuric chloride; Methylmercury monochloride; Monomethyl mercurychloride; NSC 19998
  • PSA 0.00000
  • LogP 1.27080

MERCURY METHYLCHLORIDE Chemical Properties

MF: CH3ClHg
MW: 251.08
MERCURY METHYLCHLORIDE,it's meting point is about 170-173 °C(lit.).
EINECS: 204-064-2
Other Name: methylmercury chloride;chloromethylmercury;chloromethyl mercury;Methyl-mercury chloride;Mercury, chloromethyl-;Methylquecksilberchlorid.

MERCURY METHYLCHLORIDE Toxicity Data With Reference

1.   

cyt-hmn:lym 1 μmol/L

   ESKGA2    Eisei Kagaku. 26 (1980),99.
2.   

dni-mus:lym 10 nmol/L

   TXCYAC    Toxicology. 36 (1985),297.
3.   

orl-mus TDLo:402 mg/kg/58W-C:CAR

   JTSCDR    Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 8 (1983),329.
4.   

orl-mus TD:731 mg/kg/58W-C:CAR

   TOLED5    Toxicology Letters. 18 (Suppl 1)(1983),114.
5.   

orl-rat LD50:29,915 μg/kg

   BECTA6    Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 14 (1975),140.
6.   

ipr-rat LD50:11 mg/kg

   TXAPA9    Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 22 (1972),313.
7.   

ims-rat LDLo:23 mg/kg

   NCIUS*    Progress Report for Contract No. PH-43-64-886, Submitted to the National Cancer Institute by the Institute of Chemical Biology, University of San Francisco. (San Francisco, CA 94117) PH 43-64-886,SEPT ,1971.
8.   

orl-mus LD50:57,600 μg/kg

   ACATA5    Acta Anatomica. 104 (1979),356.
9.   

ihl-mus LC50:80 mg/m3/4H

   85JCAE    Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky Marhold, J.,Prague, Czechoslovakia.: Avicenum,1986,1198.
10.   

ipr-mus LD50:10 mg/kg

   TXAPA9    Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 42 (1977),445.
RTECS : OW1225000

MERCURY METHYLCHLORIDE Consensus Reports

Mercury and its compounds are on the Community Right-To-Know List. EPA Genetic Toxicology Program.

MERCURY METHYLCHLORIDE Safety Profile

Poison by ingestion, intramuscular, intravenous, and intraperitoneal routes. Questionable carcinogen with experimental carcinogenic and teratogenic data. Human mutation data reported. Experimental reproductive effects. When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumes of Cl− and Hg. See also MERCURY COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; MERCURY COMPOUNDS, ORGANIC.

Hazard Codes : T+,N
Risk Statements : 26/27/28-33-50/53
Safety Statements  :13-28-36-45-60-61
RIDADR : UN 2025 6.1/PG 2

MERCURY METHYLCHLORIDE Standards and Recommendations

OSHA PEL: TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3; STEL 0.03 mg/m3 (skin)
ACGIH TLV: TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3; BEI: 35 μg/g creatinine total inorganic mercury in urine preshift; 15 μg/g creatinine total inorganic mercury in blood at end of shift at end of workweek.
DFG MAK: Confirmed Animal Carcinogen with Unknown Relevance to Humans
NIOSH REL: TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3

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