Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of the solution and solvolysis of sulfur mustard in deuterium oxide

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-240

  Logan, Thomas P ^a   Sartori, David A ^a  

^a US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrolysis; Kinetics; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Sulfur Mustard

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM OXIDE; HEXANE; MUSTARD GAS; PROTON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALF LIFE TIME; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 0037926715     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510309831     Document Type: Article

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