Symptoms, and Mechanisms of Toxicity

L Signs and Symptoms of Toxicity. Mustard vesicants (agents HD and HN2) are acutely toxic by direct contact, the skin, eyes, and upper respiratory tract 

Solubility At 20° C, soluble in water (2,500 cmVlOO mL) ethyl alcohol (10,000 cmVlOO mL) and ether (5,000 cmVlOO mL) soluble in all organic solvents, but tends to polymerize to cyanuryl chloride (CNCI3) on storage 

Reactivity With water, very slow rapid at alkaline pH 

Mechanisms of Toxicity. The acute toxic effects of mustard vesicants are usually attributed to the consequences of alkylation reactions with organic com- 

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