Nitrogen mustard characteristics

The physicochemical characteristics of the nitrogen mustards are shown in Table 3. 

In the S type of reaction characteristic of the nitrogen-mustards, the cation of the drug, e.g. (13.43) which is formed relatively slowly, attacks the anion of the biopolymer rapidly, and the product is neutral alternatively this cation... 

Some examples of blister agents are Lewisite, an organo-arsenic compound Sulfur Mustard, also known as Mustard Gas, a family of sulfur-based agents Nitrogen Mustard, a family of agents with similar characteristics to the Sulfur Mustards, but nitrogen based and Phosgene Oxime, a... 

Most chemical agents contain specific elements in common. G and V agents all contain phosphoms and blister agents, like the mustards, contain sulfur or nitrogen. The combustion of these materials yields excited atoms that emit light characteristic of these elements. The emissions are viewed through an interference filter by a photodetector. As an alternative to a flame, low-powered, inductively coupled (or microwave) plasmas have been used as emission sources. These sources have been combined with... 

The esters of this structure are also called mustard oils, after allyl isothiocyanate, CH2 = CH.CH2.NCS, the constituent of mustard which gives it its characteristic odor and taste. The radicals in isothiocyanates are considered to be joined to nitrogen on account of the fact that these esters yield amines on hydrolysis. 

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