FRAGMENTATION OF ARSENIC-CONTAINING CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS IN GC-EI/MS AND LC-ESI/MS

摘要

Arsenic-containing chemical warfare agents were used in World War I and World War II. Large part of the Axis stockpiles were destroyed after the World War II by burying in soil and dumping in sea. The environmental effect of these actions are still seen around the world. Mass spectrometry is widely used to analyze these chemicals and their degradation products. Arsenic atom induces a large number of rearrangement reactions.