Mercury(II) stearate is a metal-organic compound, a salt of mercury and stearic acid with the chemical formula C36H70HgO4.
The compound is highly toxic by inhalation, ingestion, and skin absorption.
[1] An exchange reaction of sodium stearate and mercury dichloride: Also, heating mercurious oxide with stearic acid.
[3] The compound forms yellow waxy substance.
[4] It is used as a germicide[1] and as a plasticizer in the production of ceramics.