Cyanide agents

Small areas Ventilate to remove vapor. Because the boiling point of some cyanide agents is near normal room temperature (70°F), agent vapors may condense on cooler surfaces and pose a percutaneous hazard. Liquids can then revolatilize when the temperature rises. If deemed necessary, wash the area with copious amounts of soap and water. Collect and place the rinseate and place in containers lined with high-density polyethylene. 

Blood or tissue agents are chemicals that affect the body by being absorbed into and distributed by the blood to the tissues. Substances include arsine, carbon monoxide, cyanide agents, and sodium monofluoroacetate. 

General surveys of organic agent vapors other than phosgene and the cyanide agents. However, because these systems will not differentiate between hazardous materials and any other ionizable chemical vapor, interpretation of the screening results is necessary. 

Hydrogen cyanide (Agent AC) is a deadly poison. The clinical signs of cyanide poisoning onset almost immediately with the symptoms, snch as, rapid breathing followed by convnlsions occnrring in less than thirty seconds from exposnres. The skin turns cherry red in color. Death occurs from respiratory failure within two to three minutes. 

Cyanohydrins are usually prepared from carbonyl compounds and a cyanide source. Initially performed with volatile and very toxic hydrogen cyanide, the reaction is now carried out with safer cyanide agents, such as acetone cyanohydrin, acyl cyanides, cyanoformates or the most used trimethylsilyl cyanide. In terms of atom economy, this reaction is 100% atom efficient and is widely used despite the toxicity of the reagents. The asymmetric reaction can now be efficiently catalysed by a variety of chiral Lewis acids, and a recent review presents in detail the work realised in this field, with a large description of titanium-based catal)dic systems. 

Discuss specific decontamination and treatment of victims of a cyanide agent attack. 

Airway blockage from secretions Bronchospasm leading to increased airway resistance Cyanide agents... 

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