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Definition of Dichloroethyl sulfide
1. Noun. A toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote.
Generic synonyms: Poison Gas, Vesicant, Vesicatory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dichloroethyl Sulfide
Literary usage of Dichloroethyl sulfide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"Distillation in vacuo readily yields pure pp-dichloroethyl sulfide. In Germany
the chlorohydrin method of making mustard gas was employed. ..."
2. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"... which, heated with hydrochloric acid, yields dichloroethyl sulfide. Chemically,
the reactions may be written as follows: CH3CH2OH = CH2 ..."
3. The New World of Science: Its Development During the War by Robert Mearns Yerkes (1920)
"One of the large tasks followed the introduction of mustard gas (dichloroethyl
sulfide). The British were able to identify the new shell filling without ..."
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