Soman, also known as GD, is an extremely toxic chemical nerve agent that interferes with the normal working of the mammalian nervous system by inhibiting the enzyme cholinesterase. It was developed in Germany in the summer of 1944 by Richard Kuhn and Konrad Henkel, making it the third of the so-called G-series nerve agents to be discovered, and it was produced only in small quantities at a pilot plant at an IG Farben factory in Ludwigshafen, never being used during the Second World War. It is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations and listed as a Schedule 1 substance under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon ClassNerve agent (chemical warfare agent) 1 Introduced Year Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)Chemical Weapon / Agent 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Soman
History section
In summer 1944, soman, a colorless liquid with a camphor odor (designated GD by the United States), was developed by the Germans.
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It is a nerve agent, interfering with normal functioning of the mammalian nervous system by inhibiting the enzyme cholinesterase.
In Group: Modern Chemical Warfare Agents, Lead sentence
Soman (or GD, EA 1210, Zoman, PFMP, A-255, systematic name: O-pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate) is an extremely toxic chemical substance.
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