Definition of Diphosgene

1. Noun. (organic compound) The highly chlorinated ester ''trichloromethyl chloroformate'' that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison ¹

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Definition of Diphosgene

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Medical Definition of Diphosgene

1. ClCOOCCl3; Trichloromethyl chloroformate;a poison gas used in World War I; it is also slightly lacrimatoric. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diphosgene

diphenylmethane dyes
diphenylmethane laxatives
diphenylmethanes
diphenylmethanol
diphenylmethanols
diphenylmethanone
diphenylmethylpiperazine
diphenylmethylpiperazines
diphenylprolinol
diphenylpyraline
diphenylpyraline hydrochloride
diphenyls
diphenyltetrazolium
diphone
diphones
diphosgene (current term)
diphosgenes
diphosphatase
diphosphate
diphosphates
diphosphepane
diphosphepine
diphosphide
diphosphides
diphosphinane
diphosphine
diphosphines
diphosphinine
diphosphirane
diphosphocane

Literary usage of Diphosgene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gas Warfare by Edward Samuel Farrow (1920)
"Finally, it occurs generally in small proportion as a decomposition product of diphosgene in artillery shell for 77 and 100 mm. guns and in the 105, ..."

2. The Medical Aspects of Mustard Gas Poisoning by Aldred Scott Warthin, Carl Vernon Weller (1919)
"respiratory irritants (chlorine, chloropicrin, phosgene, palite, diphosgene, ... hence this substance has been erroneously called diphosgene. ..."

3. Inventions of the Great War by Alexander Russell Bond (1919)
"The Germans had all sorts of fiendish schemes for increasing the discomfort of the Allies. For instance, to some of their diphosgene shell they added a gas ..."

4. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"diphosgene.—A highly poisonous gas first employed by the Germans for loading ... diphosgene is a very dangerous weapon, causing little or no lachrymation. ..."

5. Review of International Technologies for Destruction of Recovered Chemical by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"... can also neutralize diphosgene. hydrogen cyanide, and nerve agents. The reported energetic material and chemical warfare fills that the process can be ..."

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