mercuratedadj.
/ˈməːkjᵿreɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmərkjəˌreɪdᵻd/ Chemistry.
Of a compound: that has had mercury introduced into its structure; containing mercury as a substituent.
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mercurated1921
1921 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 43 621 The 3 mercurated phenols were boiled with aqueous potassium iodide.
1967 I. L. Finar Org. Chem. (ed. 5) I. xx. 584 The position of the acetoxymercuri-group can be found by treating the mercurated compound with halogen.
1994 Biophysical Chem. 52 122/2 None of the features of the mercurated dimer spectra persists in the polymer spectra.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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