Reactions of the mustard simulant 2-chloroethyl phenyl sulfide with self-decontaminating sorbents. A 13C MAS NMR study

✍ Scribed by George W. Wagner; Philip W. Bartram

• Book ID: 103997723
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 523 KB
• Volume: 111
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1381-1169
• DOI: 10.1016/1381-1169(96)00226-9

✦ Synopsis

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reactions for the mustard simulant 2-chloroethyl phenyl sulfide ('3C-labelled, CEPS* > sorbed on y-alumina, polydivinylbenzene (impregnated with NaOH, polyethylene glycol and polyethylenimine) (DVB/NaOH), and Ambergard@ XE-555, were characterized in situ using 13C MAS NMR. CEPS * hydrolyzes on y-alumina to form 2-hydroxyethyl phenyl sulfide. On DVB/NaOH, CEPS* eliminates HCl to yield vinyl phenyl sulfide. No products were observed on XE-555, where the applied CEPS * was spectroscopically observed to adsorb entirely within the micropores of the carbonaceous resin component of this material. Toxicities of the mustard products analogous to the degradation products observed for CEPS * are discussed.