mercury difulminate (CHEBI:39152)

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ChEBI Name	mercury difulminate

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:39152

Definition	An organomercury compound that is the bis(N-oxide) of mercury(II) cyanide. It is a highly shock- and friction-sensitive explosive.

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Formula

C2HgN2O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

284.633

Monoisotopic Mass

285.96662

InChI

InChI=1S/2CNO.Hg/c2*1-2-3;

InChIKey

MHWLNQBTOIYJJP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

[Hg](C#[N+][O-])C#[N+][O-]

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	explosive A substance capable of undergoing rapid and highly exothermic decomposition.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	mercury difulminate (CHEBI:39152) has role explosive (CHEBI:63490) mercury difulminate (CHEBI:39152) is a organomercury compound (CHEBI:25706)

IUPAC Name

bis[(oxidoazanylidyne)methyl]mercury

Synonyms	Sources
fulminate of mercury	ChemIDplus
fulminic acid, mercury(II) salt	ChemIDplus
fulminic acid, mercury(2+) salt	ChemIDplus
Hg(CNO)₂	ChEBI
Knallquecksilber	ChEBI
mercury difulminate	ChemIDplus
mercury fulminate	ChemIDplus
mercury(II) fulminate	ChemIDplus
O‒N≡C‒Hg‒C≡N‒O	ChEBI
Quecksilber(II)-fulminat	ChEBI

Last Modified

19 April 2018

General Comment
2007-10-10	See: Beck, W., Evers, J., Göbel, M., Oehlinger, G. and Klapötke, T.M. (2007) The crystal and molecular structure of mercury fulminate (Knallquecksilber). Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 633, 1417-1422. [DOI:10.1002/zaac.200700176]