phenylmercuric acetate

phenylmercuric acetate
A bacteriostatic preservative, fungicide, and herbicide (especially for crabgrass).

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phenylmercuric acetate n a crystalline salt C8H8HgO2 made by reaction of benzene with acetate of bivalent mercury in alcoholic solution and used chiefly as a fungicide and herbicide

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[NF] a compound with properties similar to those of phenylmercuric nitrate; used as a bacteriostatic preservative in pharmaceutical preparations. It has also been used as a herbicide. Called also phenyl mercury acetate.

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