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Cacodyl

noun
(Written also cacodyle, and kakodyl)
1.
A poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air.  Synonym: tetramethyldiarsine.
2.
The univalent group derived from arsine.  Synonyms: arsenic group, cacodyl group, cacodyl radical.



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"Cacodyl" Quotes from Famous Books



... intention. There is evidence that the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute and the physico-chemical institute near by were employed for this purpose as early as August, 1914. Reliable authority exists for the statement that soon after this date they were working with cacodyl oxide and phosgene, both well known before the war for their very poisonous nature, for use, it was believed, in hand grenades. Our quotations are from a statement by a neutral then working at the Institute. "We could hear the tests that ...
— by Victor LeFebure • J. Walker McSpadden

... known of cyanide of cacodyl, in its action the swiftest and most deadly of existing poisons. In the '40's, Bunsen, the German chemist, combined oxide of cacodyl with cyanogen, a radical of prussic acid, producing cyanide of cacodyl, ...
— Average Jones • Samuel Hopkins Adams



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