1. plural of mercuration; the process of treating a substance with mercury or a mercury compound, or the product of such treatment
Usage: technical; chemistry
2. plural of mercuration; in organic chemistry, the addition of mercury to an unsaturated organic compound
Usage: technical; organic chemistry

Examples

• The mercurations of alkenes are important reactions in synthetic organic chemistry.
• Several mercurations were performed to test the reactivity of different substrates.
• The laboratory documented multiple mercurations as part of their research protocol.
• Mercurations of unsaturated hydrocarbons can produce useful intermediates for further synthesis.