Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Ethylmercury (sometimes ethyl mercury) is a cation composed of an ethyl group bound to a mercury(II) centre; its chemical formula is C2H5Hg+. Ethylmercury is sometimes used as a generic term to describe organomercury compounds which include ethylmercury such as ethylmercury chloride and ethylmercury urea.Ethylmercury is one of the metabolites of thiomersal which is used as a preservative in some vaccines.
