KB-16

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| Name = KB-16

| ImageFile = Methyl (2-chloroethyl)nitrosocarbamate.svg

| ImageSize = 150px

| PIN = Methyl (2-chloroethyl)nitrosocarbamate

| OtherNames = TL-186

| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo = 13589-15-6

| ChemSpiderID = 24333

| PubChem = 26121

| SMILES = COC(=O)N(CCCl)N=O

| StdInChI = InChI=1S/C4H7ClN2O3/c1-10-4(8)7(6-9)3-2-5/h2-3H2,1H3

| StdInChIKey = ZIVWROYTZSSKDC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties

| C=4|H=7|Cl=1|N=2|O=3

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| Section3 = {{Chembox Hazards

| LD50 = 1.1 mg/kg (intravenous, rats)
20 mg/kg (oral, rats)
8 mg/kg (subcutaneous, rats)

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KB-16 is a nitrosocarbamate vesicant.{{cite book |title=Chemical Warfare Agents, and Related Chemical Problems. Parts I-II |date=1958 |url=https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/dashboard/searchResults/titleDetail/PB158508.xhtml}}{{cite journal |last1=Thompson |first1=RH |title=The action of chemical vesicants on cholinesterase. |journal=The Journal of Physiology |date=15 January 1947 |volume=105 |issue=4 |pages=370–81 |pmid=16991733 |pmc=1393670|doi=10.1113/jphysiol.1947.sp004177 }} KB-16 is part of the corneal clouding chemical warfare agents. KB-16 clouds the cornea for a long time."INCAPACITATING CHEMICAL AGENTS": LAW ENFORCEMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES. p-89.

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