2/11/2012 - Studies of Alkarsine Derivatives

   Then in 1840 Robert Bunsen continued the studies of the arsenic compounds synthesised in Paris a century earlier (cacodyl compounds).  He used these compounds to synthesize a numbed of derivatives of R₂As-AsR₂ into molecules (CH₃)₂AsCN.  After the synthesis Bunsen supposedly tasted this dangerous concoction, and luckily he lived to tell the tale.

 


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