Chemical methylation of inorganic mercury with methylcobalamin, a vitamin B12 analog.
Chemical methylation of mercuric chloride with methylcobalamin has been studied. Methylated mercury was detected by gas chromatography; and analysis of the products of the reaction by thin-layer chromatography revealed that the methylation proceeded at a remarkably high rate when methylcobalamin and inorganic mercury were mixed. Dimethylmercury was an initial product of the reaction.
D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D008628:Mercury; D008745:Methylation; D014805:Vitamin B 12; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical
D008628:Mercury; D014805:Vitamin B 12