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cacodyl
Sign in to saveCacodyl, also known as dicacodyl or tetramethyldiarsine, (CH3)2As–As(CH3)2, is an organoarsenic compound that constitutes a major part of "Cadet's fuming liquid" (named after the French chemist Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt). It is a poisonous oily liquid with an extremely unpleasant garlicky odor. Cacodyl undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H12As2
- Molecular weight
- 209.98 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- dimethylarsanyl(dimethyl)arsane
- SMILES
- C[As](C)[As](C)C
- InChIKey
- RSKPLCGMBWEANE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 209.937
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- Commons category
- Cacodyl
- chemical formula
- C₄H₁₂As₂
- canonical SMILES
- C[As](C)[As](C)C
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Cacodyl, also known as dicacodyl or tetramethyldiarsine, (CH3)2As–As(CH3)2, is an organoarsenic compound that constitutes a major part of "Cadet's fuming liquid" (named after the French chemist Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt). It is a poisonous oily liquid with an extremely unpleasant garlicky odor. Cacodyl undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air.
Cacodyl is also the name of the functional group or radical (CH3)2As.