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Re:The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now com... by acidbaseextract on Saturday January 16, 2021 @11:48PM (#25808236)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethylmercury

"Heh" is an obnoxious response, as if an organic chemistry class wouldn't teach the basics of organometallics and some of the things that make compounds more or less dangerous.

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Re:The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now com... by ampdepolymerase on Saturday January 16, 2021 @11:54PM (#25808258)
Correct. One reaction involving mercury would be Oxymercuration, a process that is usually covered in Organic Chemistry 1.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymercuration_reaction

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