Authors: Rajarshi Ghosh
Publish Date: 2014/11/08
Volume: 19, Issue: 10, Pages: 958-960
Abstract
Yellow crystalline mercurous nitrite was first reported by P C Rây1 in 1896 In 1966 Allred et al reported that using Rây’s method they had isolated the compound but that it turned into some ‘unidentified solid’ immediately This resulted in a controversy that lasted four decades on whether it was possible to isolate mercuryI nitrite or not In 2011 A Chakravorty et al on the 150th birth anniversary of Rây delineated the synthesis as well as Xray structural characterization of mercurous nitriteRajarshi Ghosh is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry The University of Burdwan Burdwan His current research interest is on synthesis and characterization of coordination molecules with special reference to structural studies and biological applications
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