'''Mercuric amidochloride''' is an [[inorganic compound]] with the formula HgNH<sub>2</sub>Cl. It consists of a zig-zag 1-dimensional polymer (HgNH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>n</sub> with [[chloride]] counterions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wells |first=A.F. |year=1984 |title=Structural Inorganic Chemistry |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=0-19-855370-6}}{{pn|date=December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lipscomb |first1=W. N. |year=1951 |title=The structure of mercuric amidochloride, HgNH<sub>2</sub>Cl |journal=Acta Crystallographica |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=266–8 |doi=10.1107/S0365110X51000866}}</ref> It arises from the reaction of ammonia and mercuric chloride. Addition of base converts it into "Millon's base," which has the formula [Hg<sub>2</sub>N]OH(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>x</sub>. A variety of related amido and nitrido materials with chloride, bromide, and hydroxide are known.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holleman |first1=A. F. |last2=Wiberg |first2=E. |title=Inorganic Chemistry |publisher=Academic Press |location=San Diego |year=2001 |isbn=0-12-352651-5}}{{pn|date=December 2014}}</ref>
'''Mercuric amidochloride''' is an [[antiseptic]]/[[disinfectant]].
Before the toxicity of mercury was appreciated, mercuric amidochloride, known as "ammoniated mercury", was used as a [[topical]] [[antiseptic]] and [[disinfectant]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Aberer W, Gerstner G, Pehamberger H |title=Ammoniated mercury ointment: outdated but still in use |journal=Contact Dermatitis |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=168–71 |date=September 1990 |pmid=2149317 |doi=10.1111/j.1600-0536.1990.tb04778.x}}</ref><ref>http://www.huidziekten.nl/allergie/stoffen/mercury-ammonium-chloride.htm{{full|date=December 2014}}</ref>
Mercuric amidochloride is an inorganic compound with the formula HgNH2Cl. It consists of a zig-zag 1-dimensional polymer (HgNH2)n with chloride counterions.[1][2] It arises from the reaction of ammonia and mercuric chloride. Addition of base converts it into "Millon's base," which has the formula [Hg2N]OH(H2O)x. A variety of related amido and nitrido materials with chloride, bromide, and hydroxide are known.[3]
Before the toxicity of mercury was appreciated, mercuric amidochloride, known as "ammoniated mercury", was used as a topicalantiseptic and disinfectant.[4][5]
Eli Lilly & Company - Ointment No. 8 - Ammoniated Mercury 10%
See also
Merbromin, also known as "Mercurochrome", another antiseptic mercury compound
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