VIII. On the isolation of the radical, mercuric methyl

Abstract

Dr. Frankland, in his memoir communicated to the Royal Society, has described the iodide of an organic base containing mercury, to the hypothetical radical of which he gave the name of hydrargyromethylium. At the same time he pointed out, that in common with zincethyl and analogous bodies, it might be regarded as formed upon the type of the metallic oxides, the oxygen of which, he considered, was represented by methyl, ethyl, &c. Hydrargyromethylium, C 2 H 3 { Hg Hg , according to this view, corresponds to mercurous oxide, O{ Hg Hg .