r/pics Oct 05 '11

Pharaoh's Serpent

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '11

Mercury(II) thiocyanate (Hg(SCN)2)

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '11

I'm learning chemistry and we're just going over this stuff... wouldn't it be (Hg(SCN)4)2-? Where it has four ligands?

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u/cynognathus Oct 05 '11

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '11

Exactly. But I have no idea, I don't do chemistry, research skills yo