Tetraethyl-lead fluoroacetate

It has been shown that trialkyl-lead salts have marked sternutatory action3 when dispersed as a particulate cloud.4 Triethyl-lead fluoroacetate, CH2F C02PbEt3, was therefore prepared with the idea of combining sternutatory action with fluoroacetate-like activity. The compound, a stable, highly crystalline material, was readily prepared by the action of fluoroacetic acid on tetraethyl-lead in the presence of silica gel. As a sternutator it proved to be similar in action to that of the... 

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