Dimercuroammonium hydroxide

• Concentrated ammonia solution is added to freshly precipitated mercury (II) oxide and left in the dark for 2 weeks:

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Dimercuroammonium hydroxide forms several hydrates:

• NHg ₂ OH • 2H ₂ O dihydrate - yellow crystals, decomposed in light, belong to the hexagonal system , space group P 6 / mmc , cell parameters a = 0.668 nm, c = 1.098 nm, Z = 4 (or cubic system , space group F 43m , cell parameters a = 0.958 nm);
• hydrate NHg ₂ OH • H ₂ O is a brown powder, it is formed at 110 ° C, gradually passing into dihydrate in air.

It is not soluble in water, ethanol and diethyl ether .

• Manual on inorganic synthesis: B 6 tons / Ed. Brower G. .. - M .: Mir, 1985. - T. 4. - 447 p.