Mustard gas

Mustard gas (HD) is a chemical compound that was first used as a chemical weapon in World War I. In pure form, it is a colorless, odorless, viscous liquid at room temperature and causes blistering of the skin. The name comes from impure mustard gas, which is usually yellow-brown in color and has an odor resembling mustard, garlic or horseradish. It is otherwise not related to mustard in any way.

External links

• Textbook of Military Medicine - Intensive overview of mustard gas. Includes many references to scientific literature
• Bristol University - Basic Chemical Overview

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:# The Fredrick Guthrie synthesis should be from ethylene and SCl2, not ethylene and Cl2 as stated.

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:# The hydrolysis reaction pathway produces two molecules of HCl and the last one produced is H2O, not three molecules of HCl as shown in the reference.

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:# The molecular structure given for nitrogen mustard (N-mustard) is not correct. The nitrogen atom should have a hydrogen bonded to it.

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• mustard gas, Organic Chemistry

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:In the sentence on synthesis of mustard gas, the phrase "sulfur monochloride, S2Cl2" should be "sulfur dichloride, SCl2"

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