Phenylmercury borate

Hoet and Lison (1997) reported on an unusual non-occupational source of mercury exposure that resulted in a woman that used prescription nasal drops that contained 300 mg/L (ppm) borate phenylmercury. 

Human activities have resulted in the release of a wide variety of both inorganic and organic forms of mercury. The electrical industry, chloro-alkali industry, and the burning of fossil fuels (coal, petroleum, etc.) release elemental mercury into the atmosphere. Metallic mercury has also been released directly to fresh water by chloro-alkali plants, and both phenylmer-cuiy and methylmercury compounds have been released into fresh and sea water -phenylmercury by the wood paper-pulp industry, particularly in Sweden, and methyl-mercury by chemical manufacturers in Japan. Important mercury compounds which also may be released into the environment include mercury(II) oxide, mercury(II) sulfide (cinnabar), mercury chlorides, mer-cury(II) bromide, mercury(II) iodine, mer-cury(II) cyanide, mercury(II) thiocyanate, mercury(II) acetate, mercury nitrates, mercury sulfates, mercury(II) amidochloride monoalkyl- and monoarylmercury(II) halides, borates and nitrates dialkylmercury compounds like dimethylmercury, alkoxyal-kylmercury compounds or diphenylmercury (Simon and Wiihl-Couturier 2002) (for quantities involved, see Section 17.4). 

Dihydrogen borato) phenylmercury. See Phenylmercuric borate Dihydrogen (ethyl) [4-[4-[ethyl (3-sulfonatobenzyl) amino] (4-hydroxy-2-sulfonatobenzhydrylidene] cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-ylidene] (3-sulfonatobenzyl) ammonium, disodium salt. See Fast green FCF Dihydrogen hexachloroplatinate Dihydrogen hexachloroplatinate (2-). See Chloroplatinic acid... 

In the world practice, rawhide and ready leather is widely protected by the following compounds phenylmercury, bromo-acetophenone, n-chlor-/w-creosol, alkyl naphthalene-sulphodiacid, sodium borate, zinc oxide, 2-oxydiphenyl, salicylanihde, and some other. However, a wide application of some biocides is restricted by specific requirements to leather protection biocides must be soluble in fats, thermostable at stuffing temperature and compatible with other components used for leather treatment [15]. 

Phenylmercuric benzoate, phenylmercuric chloride, and phenylmercuric propionate still are used as preservatives in cosmetics and phenylmercuric borate was once used as a preoperative skin disinfectant. Phenylmercury salts are also widely used in agricultural industries as fungicides, herbicides or pesticides. 

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