Editing Methylmercury (section)

{{short description|Toxic chemical compound}}
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[[File:MethylmercuryPrototypes.svg|thumb|Structures of two main types of complexes formed by methylmercury. X<sup>−</sup> = anion, L = neutral [[Lewis base]].]]

'''Methylmercury''' is an [[organometallic]] [[cation]] with the formula {{nowrap|[CH<sub>3</sub>Hg]<sup>+</sup>}}. It is the simplest [[organomercury]] compound. Methylmercury is extremely toxic, and its derivatives are the major source of organic mercury for humans. It is a [[bioaccumulative]] environmental [[toxicant]] with a 50-day [[half-life]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Halliday |first1=Tim |last2=Davey |first2=Basiro |title=Water and health in an overcrowded world |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |date=2007 |pages=79, 80, 95 |isbn=9780199237302}}</ref>{{clarify|Half life in the environment or the human body? If the former, what does it become?|date=February 2024}}
Methylmercury (derived biologically from [[dimethylmercury]]) is the causative agent of the infamous [[Minamata disease]].