THE SYNTHESIS OF HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE ISOPROPYL METHYLPHOSPHONOFLUORIDATE (SARIN) CONTAINING P<sup>32</sup> AS TRACER ELEMENT

J. B. Reesor, B. J. Perry, E. Sherlock

Canadian Journal of Chemistry · 1960 · 17 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

Procedures are described for the safe processing of multicurie quantities of irradiated red phosphorus into isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate (sarin) having a specific activity of 250 to 300 millicuries per gram. The use of costly remote-handling equipment is avoided by suitable choice of synthetic route and apparatus design.

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