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Mustard gas or sulfur mustard are names commonly used for the organosulfur chemical compound bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, which has the chemical structure S(CH 2 CH 2 Cl) 2, as well as other species. In the wider sense, compounds with the substituents −SCH 2 CH 2 X or −N(CH 2 CH 2 X) 2 are known as sulfur mustards or nitrogen mustards ...
Bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide is the organosulfur compound with the formula (ClCH 2 CH 2) 2 S.It is a prominent member of a family of cytotoxic and blister agents known as mustard agents.
Sesquimustard (military code Q) is the organosulfur compound with the formula (ClCH 2 CH 2 SCH 2) 2.Although it is a colorless solid, impure samples are often brown. The compound is a type of mustard gas, a vesicant used as a chemical weapon.
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Nature is abound with organosulfur compounds—sulfur is vital for life. Of the 20 common amino acids, two (cysteine and methionine) are organosulfur compounds, and the antibiotics penicillin and sulfa drugs both contain sulfur. While sulfur-containing antibiotics save many lives, sulfur mustard is a deadly chemical warfare agent.
Mustard compounds can refer to: Sulfur mustard (mustard gas) Nitrogen mustard This page was last edited on 15 January 2021, at 20:40 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Thiodiglycol is a Chemical Weapons Convention schedule 2 chemical used in the production of sulfur-based mustard gases. Thiodiglycol is also a product of the hydrolysis of the "mustard gas" bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide and can be detected in the urine of casualties.
O-mustard (T) is a vesicant chemical weapon, a type of mustard gas, with around three times the toxicity of the original sulfur mustard.It was developed in England in the 1930s as a thickener for mustard gas to make it more persistent when used in warm climates.