Talk:Mercury(II) hydride

Amphotericity and chemical properties - Unreferenced material

The amphotericity section is very specific but is unreferenced. It bears a similarity to similar section in borane, gallane and iron(II) hydride articles added by the same editor, which is remarkable. Are there any mercury(II) hydride complexes? The chemical reactions may be correct but again they are unreferenced.Axiosaurus (talk) 12:04, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll handle it tomorrow. FYI, cite tags shouldn't really be placed in section headers. You may find it useful to read the usage notes on the template's page. Plasmic Physics (talk) 12:22, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not the section header, but each sentence / paragraph there should have citations. There should be at least 5 citations to prove the different statements made in the section. If the citations prove that the given statements and equations are not supported, then we can remove them. Wikipedia is not for presentation of original ideas from our editors. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:00, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

the reference suppilied for amphotericity just does not stack up- Hg²⁺ forms a load of complexes in aqueous solution- a reference to a complex of HgH₂ is required- and it should cover the very specific claims made in the article.Axiosaurus (talk) 08:22, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reread the article, even in the abstract there is made mention of the PTTA neutral complex. Plasmic Physics (talk) 08:40, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"mercury complexes present in aqueous solution are Hg(PTTA)H2, log K = 18·8 at low pH" So at low ph (acid) theres a hydride complex?? Wouldn't that contradict your amphotericity idea that reaction with H+ produced hydrogen?? Axiosaurus (talk) 11:37, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is that source not the one with the microspecies distribution plot? The source I intended to use, shows the neutral complex to exist at slightly low pH, being protonated only at a very low pH, the distribution plot had the whole spectrum of species mentioned here. I should really keep track of my sources. Plasmic Physics (talk) 12:06, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removed the section - no reference forthcoming. Also removed statemnt about borohydride and mercury forming HgH² as no reference was supplied.Axiosaurus (talk) 09:23, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]