81142-02-1Relevant articles and documents
Degradation of Sulfur Mustard on KF/Al2O3: The Role of Organic Solvents and Active Species
Fridkin, Gil,Columbus, Ishay,Yehezkel, Lea,Zafrani, Yossi
, p. 10541 - 10545 (2018/07/25)
Solvent effects on the ability of KF/Al2O3 supports to degrade the warfare agent sulfur mustard (HD) were explored. RP-KF/Al2O3 possessing hydroxide ions and ECUF/KF/Al2O3 holding fluoride
N-doped, S-doped TiO2 nanocatalysts: Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity in the presence of sunlight
Ramacharyulu,Nimbalkar, Dipak Bapurao,Kumar, J. Praveen,Prasad,Ke, Shyue-Chu
, p. 37096 - 37101 (2015/05/13)
N doped and S doped nano TiO2 catalysts were synthesized by a sol-gel process followed by hydrothermal treatment at low temperature and tested for catalytic activity by natural sunlight photocatalytic degradation of a toxic chemical warfare agent. It is observed that sulfate groups were anchored on the surface of titania upon doping, and also create active surface oxygen vacancies, both of which are responsible for sunlight absorption and the promotion of electrons to the conduction band. The formation of a superoxide radical (O2-) and hydroxyl radicals may be mainly responsible for the photodegradation of sulfur mustard under sunlight.
Facile hydrolysis-based chemical destruction of the warfare agents VX, GB, and HD by alumina-supported fluoride reagents
Gershonov,Columbus,Zafrani
supporting information; experimental part, p. 329 - 338 (2009/04/10)
(Chemical Equation Presented) A facile solvent-free hydrolysis (chemical destruction) of the warfare agents VX (O-ethyl S-2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl methylphosphonothioate), GB (O-isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate or sarin), and HD (2,2′-dichloroethyl sulfide or sulfur mustard) upon reaction with various solid-supported fluoride reagents is described. These solid reagents include different alumina-based powders such as KF/Al2O3, AgF/KF/Al2O3, and KF/Al2O3 enriched by so-called coordinatively unsaturated fluoride ions (termed by us as ECUF-KF/Al2O3). When adsorbed on these sorbents, the nerve agent VX quickly hydrolyzed (t1/2 range between 0.1-6.3 h) to the corresponding nontoxic phosphonic acid EMPA as a major product (>90%) and to the relatively toxic desethyl-VX (1/2 range between 2.2-161 h). The reaction rates and the product distribution were found to be strongly dependent on the nature of the fluoride ions in the KF/Al2O 3 matrix and on its water content. All variations of the alumina-supported fluoride reagents studied caused an immediate hydrolysis of the highly toxic GB (t1/2 31P, 13C, and 19F MAS NMR.