Nair Hair Remover Cream contains Potassium thioglycolate (article http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-01/st_nair ). I've read articles that said anything with a "mer-" or "thio-" at the front of the name is derived from mercury. More to the point, the chemical potassium thioglycolate has a fact sheet here: http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/brands?tbl=chem&id=2071 which says it's also known as anything "mercapto-," such as Mercaptoacetic acid, and Potassium mercaptoacetate. So while I can't find anything specifically saying that these are all mercurials...wouldn't this make sense?
2007-12-28 04:02:39 · 4 answers · asked by cathy_cmr 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
No, NAIR does NOT contain mercury.
Organic chemicals with "thio" or "mercapto" in the name contains a thiol group -- HS -- , not Mercury.
Potassium thioglycolate (CAS Number: 34452-51-2) has the formula:
HSCH2COO-K
No Mercury (Hg) in there!
2007-12-28 04:16:59 · answer #1 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The name mer- at the front of the name does not derive by mercury but by mercaptan.
Thiols are also referred to as mercaptans . They are compounds that contains the functional group - SH.
2007-12-28 12:14:44 · answer #2 · answered by Dr.A 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No,
Mercapto- and thio- refers to the R-SH and the R-S-R' functional groups respectively. They have nothing to do with the heavy metal Hg.
2007-12-28 12:15:21 · answer #3 · answered by Dr Dave P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
very confusing matter. research at the search engines. just that may help!
2014-11-13 04:48:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋