Klop chloropicrin

Chloropicrin (PS)—trichloronitromethane, CCl3N02 Green Cross, Klop—Is a colorless, volatile, slightly oily liquid with an Intense odor (see Table 4-1). It is very slightly soluble in water, soluble in ether, and miscible with benzene, absolute alcohol, and carbon disulfide.10It boils at about 112°C. 

PS. Chloropicrin, Nitrochloroform or Trichloronirromethane(Brit Vomiting Gas Fr Aquinite Gee Klop), C13C.N02 col liq with an odor resembling that of anise, bp 231.5-234°F (ca 147°) class B chem agent, intermediate in toxiciry betw CL CG(Ref l6,pp 158-61 ... 

Chloropicrin is also known as Klop (Germany), Aquinite (France), and PS (America). 

Klop acquinite PS NC, Larvacide 100 Pic-fume. Russians used it in hand grenades in 1916 dissolved the chloropicrin in sulphuryl chloride (50%). Insecticide, fungicide, used to kill rats in ships. Oily liquid, yellowish in impure form, intense odour bp 112°C, attacks lead energetically, attacks iron and copper more slowly. Absorbed well by activated charcoal. Strong irritant and toxic asphyxiant. 

Discovered in 1848, chloropicrin (trichloronitromethane) is a very useful commercial chemical, often employed in pesticide controls of various types. As a CW agent, chloropicrin was first used by Russia in World War I, and was eventually delivered in artillery shells and cylinders by all sides. (It was given the name vomiting gas by the British, Aquinite by the French, and Klop by the Germans.)... 

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