Phosgene is an organic chemical compound with the formula COCl2. It is a toxic, colorless gas; in low concentrations, its musty odor resembles that of...
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Phosgene oxime, or CX, is an organic compound with the formula Cl2C=N−OH. It is a potent chemical weapon, specifically a nettle agent. The compound itself...
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Chloroform (section Conversion to phosgene)
from soil and surface water and undergoes degradation in air to produce phosgene, dichloromethane, formyl chloride, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and...
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ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas, to lethal agents like phosgene, chlorine, and mustard gas. These chemical weapons caused medical problems...
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chemical process employed in the Bhopal plant had methylamine reacting with phosgene to form MIC, which was in turn reacted with 1-naphthol to form the final...
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organic solvent). Halides of carbon without hydrogen (e.g., CF4 and CClF3), phosgene (COCl2), carboranes, metal carbonyls (e.g., nickel tetracarbonyl), mellitic...
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rendered obsolete with the development of British anti-Lewisite in the 1940s. Phosgene oxime – Occasionally included among the blister agents, although it is...
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exposure could cause death or major residual injury (e.g. aluminum phosphide, hydrogen cyanide, phosgene, diborane, methyl isocyanate, hydrofluoric acid)...
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in parades in front of the Imperial Palace. Poison gas weapons, such as phosgene, were produced by Unit 731 and authorized by specific orders given by Hirohito...
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assuredly can decrease the cost in American lives": poison gas. Quantities of phosgene, mustard gas, tear gas and cyanogen chloride were moved to Luzon from stockpiles...
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Polycarbonate (section Phosgene route)
polycarbonate material is produced by the reaction of bisphenol A (BPA) and phosgene COCl 2. The overall reaction can be written as follows: The first step...
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The German phosgene attack of 19 December 1915 was the first use of phosgene gas against British troops by the German army. The gas attack took place...
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countries which are not CWC signatories. Examples of these substances are phosgene, which has been used as a chemical weapon but which is also a precursor...
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Diphosgene is related to phosgene and has comparable toxicity, but is more conveniently handled because it is a liquid, whereas phosgene is a gas. Diphosgene...
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Widely used during the World War I, the effects of so-called mustard gas, phosgene gas, and others caused lung searing, blindness, death and maiming. During...
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"September Dossier") as being the site of a rebuilt phosgene production facility. Although phosgene has industrial uses in small quantities, there are...
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made its use in the field impractical. In contrast, denser agents such as phosgene or chlorine tended to remain at ground level and sank into the trenches...
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syntheses of acyl chlorides also entail the reaction of carboxylic acids with phosgene, thionyl chloride, and phosphorus trichloride Phosphorus pentabromide is...
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the more general sense can be accessed in the laboratory by reaction of phosgene with primary or secondary amines: COCl2 + 4 RNH2 → (RNH)2CO + 2 [RNH3]+Cl−...
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week post-exposure. Bis(chloromethyl) ether Chlorine gas Keen as Mustard Phosgene oxime Poison gas in World War I Rawalpindi experiments Selenium mustard...
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body Contact with certain chemicals, including pulmonary agents (such as phosgene) and blood agents (such as hydrogen cyanide) Drowning Drug overdose Exposure...
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will halogenate carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, and sulfur dioxide (to phosgene, nitrosyl chloride, and sulfuryl chloride respectively), iodine will not...
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from its environmental impacts, R12, like most chlorofluoroalkanes, forms phosgene gas when exposed to a naked flame. Table of thermal and physical properties...
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organs. Additionally, when used on a fire, the heat can convert CTC to phosgene gas, formerly used as a chemical weapon. The carbon dioxide extinguisher...
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Agency (EPA) considered using data from Nazi research into the effects of phosgene gas, believing the data could help US soldiers stationed in the Persian...
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2 dication, which is valence-isoelectronic with carbonyl fluoride and phosgene, was observed in 2010. Argon-36, in the form of argon hydride (argonium)...
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some amine polycarbonate – a plastic polymer made from bisphenol A and phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) solvents – liquids used for dissolving materials;...
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skin necrotizers and are known as the most painful substances produced. Phosgene oxime (CX) These substances are metabolic poisons that interfere with the...
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of gas attacks through the rest of the war, developing the more deadly phosgene gas in 1915, then the infamous mustard gas in 1917, which could linger...
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gives phosgene: CCl 4 + CO 2 ⟶ 2 COCl 2 {\displaystyle {\ce {CCl4 + CO2 -> 2COCl2}}} A similar reaction with carbon monoxide instead gives phosgene and...
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