Sesquimustard (military code Q) is the organosulfur compound with the formula (ClCH2CH2SCH2)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. From the chemical perspective, the compound is both a thioether and an alkyl chloride.
Because sesquimustard is a solid at room temperature, it is not as easily deployed as related liquid mustards. It was only ever deployed as mixtures with the original mustard, with phosgene, or as a solution. Since 1997, it has been listed under Schedule I of the Chemical Weapons Convention, as a substance with few uses outside of chemical warfare[1][2][3] (although since then, it has been found to be useful in chemotherapy).[4]
^Vocci, Frank J.; Ballard, Thomas A.; Yevich, Paul; Punte, Charles L. (1963). "Inhalation toxicity studies with aerosols of sesqui-mustard". Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 5 (6): 677–684. doi:10.1016/0041-008X(63)90061-9. PMID 14082474. S2CID 2261517.
^Gupta, A.K.; Dubey, D.K.; Kaushik, M.P. (2007). "A simple and economical chemical neutralization method for the destruction of sulfur mustard and its analogues". Journal of Hazardous Materials. 139 (1): 154–159. Bibcode:2007JHzM..139..154G. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.06.016. PMID 16846683. S2CID 36625534.
^Blum, Marc-Michael; Richter, Annika; Siegert, Markus; Thiermann, Horst; John, Harald (2020). "Adduct of the blistering warfare agent sesquimustard with human serum albumin and its mass spectrometric identification for biomedical verification of exposure". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 412 (28): 7723–7737. doi:10.1007/s00216-020-02917-w. PMC7550388. PMID 32902690. S2CID221542205.
^Smith, Susan L. (27 February 2017). "War! What is it good for? Mustard gas medicine". CMAJ. 189 (8): E321–E322. doi:10.1503/cmaj.161032. PMC5325736. PMID 28246228.
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