Making Mercuric Chloride (a very toxic mercury salt)

WARNING: THIS IS EXTREMELY TOXIC AND SMALL AMOUNTS CAN EASILY KILL. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THIS.

Today we are making some dangerous mercuric chloride. The final product will be used as a catalyst in the synthesis of aluminum isopropoxide.

Procedure: http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/vi...

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