V-sub
x, also known as GD-7, 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, the phosphonate analog of the organophosphate insecticide
demeton.
[Kulieva AM, Dalimov DN, Dorenskaya GM, et al. Biochemical investigation of cholinesterases and carboxylesterases from the cotton bollworm ''Heliothis armigera''. ''Chem Nat Compd'' 1994 Jan; 30(1): 116-120. ] EA-5478 is the pinacolyl analogue.
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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Demeton
References
V-series nerve agents
Phosphonothioates
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
Ethyl esters
Thioethers
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