Chinese VX (CVX), also known as EA-6043, is an organophosphate
nerve agent
Nerve agents, sometimes also called nerve gases, are a class of organic chemicals that disrupt the mechanisms by which nerves transfer messages to organs. The disruption is caused by the blocking of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), an enzyme that ...
of the V-series. It is a structural
isomer
In chemistry, isomers are molecules or polyatomic ions with identical molecular formulae – that is, same number of atoms of each element – but distinct arrangements of atoms in space. Isomerism is existence or possibility of isomers.
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of both
VX and
Russian VX.
See also
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VX (nerve agent)
VX is an extremely toxic synthetic chemical compound in the organophosphorus class, specifically, a thiophosphonate. In the class of nerve agents, it was developed for military use in chemical warfare after translation of earlier discoveri ...
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VR (nerve agent)
VR (Russian VX, VXr, Soviet V-gas, GOSNIIOKhT substance No. 33, Agent "November") is a "V-series" unitary
nerve agent closely related (it is an isomer) to the better-known VX nerve agent. It became a prototype for the series of Novichok agent ...
References
V-series nerve agents
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
Phosphonothioates
Diethylamino compounds
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