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Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare (2008) - The Black Vault

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<strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Aspects</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Warfare</strong>Table 2-2Historical Summary <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Warfare</strong> Agents Used in World War IType <strong>of</strong> Agent<strong>Chemical</strong> AgentCommon Namesand Shell Markings<strong>Chemical</strong>FormulaDateIntroducedCommentsSneezing/vomiting,respiratoryirritant, orsternutatingagentsTearing orlacrimatoryagentsDianisidine chlorosulphonateDiphenyl chloroarsineNiespulver C 14H 16N 2O 2ClSO 3October 27,1914(Germany)Sternite; DA; Clark I;Blue CrossSternite; DC; CDA;Clark II; Blue CrossNo. 1(C 6H 5) 2AsCl July 10, 1917(Germany)(C 6H 5) 2AsCN May 1918(Germany)Ethylcarbazol (C 6H 4) 2NC 2H 5July 1918(Germany)Diphenyl cyanoarsineDiphenylaminechloroarsineDM; Adamsite (C 6H 4) 2NHAsCl Never usedon battlefieldPhenyldichloroarsineEthyl dichloroarsineEthyl dibromoarsineMethyl dichloroarsineSternite; Blue CrossNo. 1Dick; ED; BlueCrossMethyldick; MD;Blue CrossC 6H 5AsCl 2September1917(Germany)C 2H 5AsCl 2March 1918(Germany)C 2H 5AsBr 2CH 3AsCl 2CH 2BrCOOC 2H 5September1918(Germany)Never usedon battlefieldAugust1914(France)Xylyl bromide T-St<strong>of</strong>f; White Cross C 6H 4CH 3CH 2Br January1915(Germany)Benzyl bromideEthyl bromoacetateBromomethylethylketoneEthyl iodoacetateCyclite; T-St<strong>of</strong>f;White CrossHomomartonite; Bn-St<strong>of</strong>f; White CrossSK (South Kensington,England)C 6H 5CH 2Br March 1915(Germany)CH 3COCH- July 1915BrCH 3(Germany)CH 2ICOOC 2H 5September1915 (GreatBritain)Benzyl iodide Fraissite C 6H 5CH 2I November1915(France)Used in Ni-Shell at Battle <strong>of</strong>Neuve-ChapelleDiscovered in 1881 by Michaelisand LaCoste; introducedat same time as mustard gasDeveloped in May 1918 as animprovement over Clark IIntroduced at the Battle <strong>of</strong> theMarnePatented by Leverkusen Farbwerk in 1915; synthsized byGerman chemist Wielandduring WWI; discoveredby American chemist MajorRoger Adams during warFirst called Yellow Cross 1 butnot as effective as a vesicant,later incorporated into GreenCross 3 artillery shellsUsed only as a mixture withethyl dichloroarsine in GreenCross 3First combat gas used inWWIFirst used in artillery shellsfired against Russians atBolimovPrincipal lacrimator used byBritish; first used at Battle <strong>of</strong>Loos September 24, 1915(Table 2-2 continues)38

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