Application of NMR Spectroscopy to Environmental Analysis:  Detection of Trace Amounts of Chemical Warfare Agents and Related Compounds in Organic Extract, Water, and Sand

1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 518-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markku T. Mesilaakso
Keyword(s):  
Nmr Spectroscopy ◽  
Environmental Analysis ◽  
Chemical Warfare Agents ◽  
Chemical Warfare ◽  
Organic Extract ◽  
Warfare Agents ◽  
Related Compounds

Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention: Mass Spectrometry of Alkyl Methylphosphonofluoridates

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 2065 ◽  
Author(s):  
VT Borrett ◽  
RJ Mathews ◽  
ER Mattsson
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Data ◽  
Chemical Warfare Agents ◽  
Chemical Warfare ◽  
Chemical Weapons ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Industrial Sites ◽  
Chemical Weapons Convention ◽  
Warfare Agents ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Related Compounds

Under the provisions of the United Nations Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), certain parts of chemical industry will be monitored to verify compliance with the Convention. This will include analysis of samples from industrial sites to check for the presence or absence of chemical warfare related compounds. One of the problems in screening the chemicals to be monitored under the CWC is that certain classes of chemical warfare agents are represented as families of chemicals, with many of the individual chemicals having no analytical data available. One example is the alkyl methylphosphonofluoridate family with an alkyl ester substituent from CH3 to C10H21. In this work, the mass spectra of 60 alkyl methylphosphonofluoridate family members have been studied to enable the development of rapid on-site screening methods for this family of chemicals.

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