Mercury tetrahydride (D4h) is calculated to have similar bond lengths and vibrational frequencies as the already known HgH2 and to lie energetically 200 kJ mol-1 above HgH2 + H2, in a local well, about 40 kJ mol-1 below a transition state.
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Pyykkö et al. (2002) studied this question.
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