Editing Dimethylmercury (section)

===Reactivity and physical properties===
Dimethylmercury is stable in water and reacts with mineral acids at a significant rate only at elevated temperatures,<ref>{{cite book |title=The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals |last=Crabtree |first=Robert H. |author-link=Robert H. Crabtree |year=2005 |publisher=John Wiley |isbn=0471662569 |edition= 4th |location=Hoboken, N.J. |pages=424 |oclc=61520528}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=9100TLU0.TXT |title=Chemistry of Organomercurials in Aquatic Systems |last1=Baughman |first1=George L. |first2=John A. |last2=Gordon |first3=N. Lee |last3=Wolfe |first4=Richard G. |last4=Zepp |publisher=[[U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]] |date=September 1973 |pages=34–40 |series=[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] Ecological Research Series |access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref> whereas the corresponding [[organocadmium]] and [[organozinc]] compounds (and most metal alkyls in general) hydrolyze rapidly. The difference reflects the high [[electronegativity]] of Hg (Pauling EN = 2.00) and the low affinity of Hg(II) for oxygen ligands. The compound undergoes a [[Redistribution (chemistry)|redistribution reaction]] with mercuric chloride to give methylmercury chloride:
: (CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>Hg  +  HgCl<sub>2</sub>  →   2 CH<sub>3</sub>HgCl
Whereas dimethylmercury is a [[volatile liquids|volatile liquid]], [[methylmercury|methylmercury chloride]] is a [[crystalline solid]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Methylmercuric_chloride#section=Top |title=Methylmercury chloride |website=[[PubChem]] |publisher=[[National Center for Biotechnology Information]], United States [[National Institutes of Health]] |access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref>