Chemical weapons

Tabun or GA is an extremely toxic chemical substance.

Agent Orange—or Herbicide Orange (HO)—is one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.

Adamsite or DM is an organic compound; technically, an arsenical diphenylaminechlorarsine, that can be used as a riot control agent.

Methylphosphonyl difluoride (DF), also called methyl difluorophosphite, methylphosphonic difluoride, and difluoromethylphosphine oxide, is a chemical weapon precursor.

4-Nonanoylmorpholine (pelargonic acid morpholide, N-nonanoylmorpholine, MPK or МПК (for морфолид пеларгоновой кислоты), or MPA) is an amide of pelargonic acid and morpholine.

Tear gas, formally known as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from the Latin lacrima, meaning "tear"), is a chemical weapon that causes severe eye, respiratory, and skin irritation, pain, vomiting, and even blindness.

The Livens Projector was a simple mortar-like weapon that could throw large drums filled with flammable or toxic chemicals.

The compound 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (also called o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile) (chemical formula: C10H5ClN2), a cyanocarbon, is the defining component of a tear gas commonly referred to as CS gas, which is used as a riot control agent.

Isopropyl aminoethylmethyl phosphonite (NATO designation QL), also known as O-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) O'-ethyl methylphosphonite, is a precursor chemical to the nerve agent VX.

The destruction of Syria's chemical weapons began with several international agreements that were arrived at with Syria, with an initial destruction deadline of 30 June 2014.

Ethyldichloroarsine, sometimes abbreviated "ED", is an organoarsenic compound with the formula CH3CH2AsCl2.

Methyldichloroarsine, sometimes abbreviated "MD", is an organoarsenic compound with the formula CH3AsCl2.

Lewisite (L) is an organoarsenic compound.

Soman, or GD (systematic name: O-Pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate), is an extremely toxic chemical substance.

Diphenylcyanoarsine, also called Clark 2 (Chlor-Arsen-Kampfstoff 2, being the successor of Clark 1) by the Germans, was discovered in 1918 by Sturniolo and Bellinzoni and shortly thereafter used like the related Clark 1 gas by the Germans for chemical warfare in the First World War.

Saxitoxin (STX) is a potent neurotoxin and the best-known paralytic shellfish toxin (PST).

GV (IUPAC name: 2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl N,N-dimethylphosphoramidofluoridate) is an organophosphate nerve agent.

Phenyldichloroarsine, NATO abbreviation PD, is an organic arsenical vesicant and vomiting agent developed by Germany and France for use as a chemical warfare agent during World War I.

Cyanogen chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula NCCl.

CR gas or dibenzoxazepine (also referred to as DBO), or its chemical name dibenz[b,f][1,4]oxazepine, is an incapacitating agent and a lachrymatory agent.

(Not to be confused with Cycloserine.) Cyclosarin or GF (cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate) is an extremely toxic substance used as a chemical weapon.

VG (IUPAC name: O,O-diethyl S-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl] phosphorothioate) (also called Amiton or Tetram) is a "V-series" nerve agent chemically similar to the better-known VX nerve agent.

Diphosgene is a chemical compound with the formula ClCO2CCl3.

The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is an arms control treaty which outlaws the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and their precursors.

3-Methylfentanyl (3-MF, mefentanyl) is an opioid analgesic that is an analog of fentanyl.

A chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized munition that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on human beings.

Sulfur mustard, commonly known as mustard gas, is a cytotoxic and vesicant chemical warfare agent with the ability to form large blisters on the exposed skin and in the lungs.

VM (Edemo) is a "V-series" nerve agent closely related to the better-known VX nerve agent.

VE (S-(Diethylamino)ethyl O-ethyl ethylphosphonothioate) is a "V-series" nerve agent closely related to the better-known VX nerve agent.

3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB) — IUPAC name 1-azabicyclo[2.

Phenacyl chloride is a substituted acetophenone.

VR (Russian VX, Soviet V-gas, Substance 33, R-33) is a "V-series" nerve agent closely related (isomer) to the better-known VX nerve agent.

Sarin, or GB (G-series, 'B'), is a colorless, odorless liquid, used as a chemical weapon owing to its extreme potency as a nerve agent.

Phosgene is the chemical compound with the formula COCl2.

Chlorosarin is a chemical precursor used in the final step of one method for the production of the nerve agent Sarin.

The BM-24 is a multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union.

Bromoacetone is an organic compound with the formula CH3COCH2Br.

Diphenylchloroarsine (DA) is the organoarsenic compound with the formula (C6H5)2AsCl.

T-2 is a trichothecene mycotoxin.

Venomous Agent X, aka VX (IUPAC name O-ethyl S-[2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl] methylphosphonothioate) is an extremely toxic substance that has no known uses except in chemical warfare as a nerve agent.

Chloropicrin, also known as PS and nitrochloroform, is a chemical compound currently used as a broad-spectrum antimicrobial, fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, and nematicide.

Bromobenzyl cyanide (BBC) is an obsolete lachrymatory agent introduced in World War I by the Allied Powers.

Hydrogen cyanide (HCN), sometimes called prussic acid, is an organic compound with the chemical formula HCN.

Phosgene oxime, or CX, is an organic compound with the formula Cl2CNOH.

PAVA spray is an incapacitant spray dispensed from a hand-held canister in a liquid stream.

Nettle agents or urticants are a variety of chemical warfare agent that produces corrosive skin and tissue injury upon contact, resulting in erythema, urticaria, intense itching, and a hive-like rash.

Dimethyl methylphosphonate is an organophosphorus compound with the chemical formula C3H9O3P or CH3PO(OCH3)2.

Iraq chemical attacks against Iran is referred to chemical attacks targeted by Iraqi army and Ba’ath party against Iranian combatants and non-combatants.