Bromobenzyl cyanide (BBC), also known in the military idiom as camite (CA), is an obsolete
lachrymatory agent introduced in
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
by the
Allied Powers, being a standard agent, along with
chloroacetophenone, adopted by the
CWS. When implemented in World War I, it revolutionized the use of tear agents due to their extreme potency. BBC is toxic like chlorine gas.
An application for bromobenzyl cyanide is in Hoch's synthesis of
diphenylacetonitrile.
See also
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Chloroacetophenone
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CR gas
CR gas or dibenzoxazepine (chemical name dibenz 'b'',''f''1,4]oxazepine, is an incapacitating agent and a lachrymatory agent. CR was developed by the British Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence as a riot control agent in t ...
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CS gas
The compound 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (also called ''o''-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile; chemical formula: C10H5ClN2), a cyanocarbon, is the defining component of the lachrymatory agent commonly referred to as CS gas, a tear gas which ...
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Lachrymatory agent
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