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The potential surface of the reaction between the polyhydrated monomethyl mercury cation and the hydroxonium cation is considered. An \(S_{N^2 } \) type reaction, resulting in solvate-separated products (mercury dication and methane molecule), was found to be thermodynamically probable. The thermal balance of the reaction is 132.3 kJ/mole. The activation energy of the limiting stage of the process is 56.7 kJ/mole.
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Shagun, V.A., Frolov, Y.L., Shevchenko, S.G. et al. Quantum-Chemical Study of Interactions between the Hydroxonium Cation and the Monomethyl Mercury Cation in Aqueous Media. Journal of Structural Chemistry 45, 36–40 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JORY.0000041498.98016.32
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