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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016 Jun 10;1374(1):123–131. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13095

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Reactions of sulfur mustard and its analog CEES. Sulfur mustard and its analog 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES) can undergo internal cyclization to form the reactive sulfonium and carbenium ion intermediates. These intermediates react with functional groups in protein, carbohydrates and nucleic acids.