DB13765ExperimentalSmall molecule
Mercury chloride (HgCl2) is a highly toxic compound that volatizes slightly at ordinary temperature and appreciably at 100 degrees C. It is corrosive to mucous membranes and used as a... Mercuric chloride was used to disinfect wounds by Arab physicians in the Middle Ages but modern medicine has since deemed it unsafe for use.
- Mechanism
- Curator reviewed
Pharmacologically active on Aquaporin-1
- Formula / weight
- Cl2Hg · 271.5 g/mol (avg)
- Also known as
- corrosive mercury chloride · corrosive sublimate · dichloromercury · mercuric bichloride · mercury bichloride
- Code names
- TL 898
Resolves to
Clinical / RWD
Structure
InChIKey
LWJROJCJINYWOX-UHFFFAOYSA-LSMILESCl[Hg]ClTargets
What you can answer from here — as of July 07, 2026
Which drugs share a target with Mercuric chloride, and which of those have an active Phase 3 trial?
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