“…Raman and IR data, presented in the Supporting Information, were collected on a Bruker RFS 100 FT-Raman Spectrometer (Nd:YAG laser, emission wavelength 1.06 µm, output power 80 mW) and a Bruker Vector 22 spectrometer (He:Ne laser, emission wavelength 633 nm, output power 1 mW), respectively. Peak assignments are based on those proposed for methylmercury- l -alanine as well as other mercury−amino acid compounds, ,,, and the mercury−mercury peak assignment was based upon a mercury(I) solvation study …”