Chemistry:O-Ethyl methylphosphonothioic acid
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Short description: Chemical often used in the creation of harmful substances
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| Preferred IUPAC name
O-Ethyl hydrogen methylphosphonothioate | |
| Other names
Methyl-phosphonothioic acid O-ethyl ester
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| C3H9O2PS | |
| Molar mass | 140.14 g·mol−1 |
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O-Ethyl methylphosphonothioic acid (EMPTA) is an organophosphate compound. A dual-use chemical, it has constructive uses in the synthesis of pesticides and pharmaceuticals, and it is also a precursor in the synthesis of nerve agents such as Agent VM and Agent VX. The detection of EMPTA is cited as a major influence in the United States' 1998 decision to destroy the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan.[1]
References
- ↑ Claudine McCarthy (2005). "EMPTA (O-Ethyl methylphosphonothioic acid)". in Eric Croddy, James J. Wirtz. Weapons of mass destruction: an encyclopedia of worldwide policy, technology, and history. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 123–124. ISBN 1-85109-490-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzlNgS70OHAC&pg=PA123.
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