Most textbooks of general chemistry cite the fact that mercuryd) exists as the dimeric species Hg22+ in aqueous media, although no evidence is quoted to indicate how this unique behavior is revealed experimentally. In advanced texts and reference books on inorganic chemistry (1,2), one finds that the dimeric nature of mercuryd) has been established in a number of ways, including
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