Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).

DUI

D009151 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0014271

CAS

Ethane, 1,1'-thiobis(2-chloro)-

History note

91(75)63-67; was see under MUSTARD COMPOUNDS 1968-90; was heading 1963-67

Online note

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Public note

91,63-67; was see under MUSTARD COMPOUNDS 1968-90; was heading 1963-67