Synthesis of Pyridinemercury(II) Chloride With Awesome Timelapse of Crystallization

First published at 16:01 UTC on July 29th, 2020.
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In this video I carry out a prep from Inorganic Laboratory Preparations page 159. Mercuric chloride and pyridine are combined in ethanol to form stunningly beautiful "felted needles" of the pyridinemercury(II) chloride complex.

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