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(RS)-cyclosarin
Sign in to saveCyclosarin or GF (cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate) is an extremely toxic substance used as a chemical weapon. It is a member of the G-series family of nerve agents, a group of chemical weapons discovered and synthesized by a German team led by Gerhard Schrader. The major nerve gases are the G agents, sarin (GB), soman (GD), tabun (GA), and the V agents such as VX. The original agent, tabun, was discovered in Germany in 1936 in the process of work on organophosphorus insecticides. Next came sarin, soman and finally, cyclosarin, a product of commercial insecticide laboratories prior to Worl
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H14FO2P
- Molecular weight
- 180.16 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- [fluoro(methyl)phosphoryl]oxycyclohexane
- SMILES
- CP(=O)(OC1CCCCC1)F
- InChIKey
- SNTRKUOVAPUGAY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.8
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 180.072
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- canonical SMILES
- CP(=O)(OC1CCCCC1)F
- chemical formula
- C₇H₁₄FO₂P
- Commons category
- Cyclosarin
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6 sectionsContents
- Chemical characteristics
- History
- Munitions
- Binary weapons
- GB-GF mixtures
- References
Cyclosarin or GF (cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate) is an extremely toxic substance used as a chemical weapon. It is a member of the G-series family of nerve agents, a group of chemical weapons discovered and synthesized by a German team led by Gerhard Schrader. The major nerve gases are the G agents, sarin (GB), soman (GD), tabun (GA), and the V agents such as VX. The original agent, tabun, was discovered in Germany in 1936 in the process of work on organophosphorus insecticides. Next came sarin, soman and finally, cyclosarin, a product of commercial insecticide laboratories prior to World War II.
As a chemical weapon, it is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations. Pursuant to UN Resolution 687 its production and stockpiling was outlawed globally by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) of 1993, although Egypt, Israel, North Korea and South Sudan have not ratified the CWC (thus not outlawing their own stockpiling of chemical weapons).