A comparison of the oxidative reactivities of mustard (2, 2'-dichlorodiethyl sulfide) and bivalent sulfides

YC Yang, LL Szafraniec, WT Beaudry…

Index: Yang, Yu-Chu; Szafraniec, Linda L.; Beaudry, William T. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1990 , vol. 55, # 11 p. 3664 - 3666

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Mustard (1, 2, 2'-dichlorodiethyl sulfide), a liquid vesicant, can be detoxified to the crystalline sulfoxide and sulfone by oxidation, although the sulfone has been reported to still exhibit some vesicant toxicity.'* 2 The sulfur in mustard is believed to be oxidatively less reactive than that in alkyl sulfides because of the presence of two large electron-withdrawing chlorine atoms. However, alkyl sulfides have often been used to simulate the oxidation of m~ stard. ...

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