Sarin

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| Name = Sarin | pronounce = | ImageFile_Ref = | ImageFile = Sarin-2D-by-AHRLS-2011.png | ImageClass = skin-invert-image | ImageFile1 = Sarin-3D-balls-by-AHRLS-2012.png | ImageClass1 = bg-transparent | ImageName1 = ''S''-Sarin | PIN = Propan-2-yl methylphosphonofluoridate | SystematicName = | OtherNames = (''RS'')-''O''-Isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate; IMPF;
GB;
2-(Fluoro-methylphosphoryl)oxypropane;
Phosphonofluoridic acid, ''P''-methyl-, 1-methylethyl ester
EA-1208
TL-1618
T-144 | IUPACName = | Section1 = | ChemSpiderID = 7583 | InChI1 = 1/C4H10FO2P/c1-4(2)7-8(3,5)6/h4H,1-3H3 | InChIKey1 = DYAHQFWOVKZOOW-UHFFFAOYAY | ChEBI_Ref = | ChEBI = 75701 | ChEMBL_Ref = | ChEMBL = 509554 | StdInChI_Ref = | StdInChI = 1S/C4H10FO2P/c1-4(2)7-8(3,5)6/h4H,1-3H3 | StdInChIKey_Ref = | StdInChIKey = DYAHQFWOVKZOOW-UHFFFAOYSA-N | CASNo_Ref = | CASNo = 107-44-8 | PubChem = 7871 | UNII_Ref = | UNII = B4XG72QGFM | SMILES = FP(=O)(OC(C)C)C | InChI=1/C4H10FO2P/c1-4(2)7-8(3,5)6/h4H,1-3H3 }} | Section2 = | Section3 = | MainHazards = Extremely lethal cholinergic agent. | NFPA-H = 4 | NFPA-F = 1 | NFPA-R = 1 | IDLH = 0.1 mg/m³ | TLV-STEL = 0.0001 mg/m³ | TLV-TWA = 0.00003 mg/m³ | FlashPtC = | GHSPictograms = | GHSSignalWord = }} | Section4 = | Section5 = | Section6 = }}

Sarin (NATO designation GB ''short for G-series, B'') is an extremely toxic organophosphorus compound that has been often used as a chemical weapon due to its extreme potency as a nerve agent.

Sarin is a volatile, colorless and odorless liquid. Exposure can be lethal even at very low concentrations, and death can occur within one to ten minutes after direct inhalation of a lethal dose due to suffocation from respiratory paralysis, unless antidotes are quickly administered. Those who absorb a non-lethal dose and do not receive immediate medical treatment may still suffer permanent neurological damage.

Sarin is widely considered a weapon of mass destruction. Production and stockpiling of sarin was outlawed as of April 1997 by the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993, and it is classified as a Schedule 1 substance. Provided by Wikipedia