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aniline mustard

An alkylating mustard with antineoplastic activity. Aniline mustard forms covalent linkages with nucleophilic centers, resulting in depurination, base miscoding and strand scission, and crosslinking of DNA strands, all of which contribute to its cytotoxicity.
Synonym:lymphochin
lymphocin
lymphoquin
mesylerythrol
Code name:A 14489
CB 1074
SK 592
TL 476
Chemical structure:benzenamine, N, N-bis(2-chloroethyl)-(9CI)
beta, beta'-dichlorodiethylaniline
N,N-bis(2-chloroethyl)aniline
N,N-bis(2-chloroethyl)benzenamine
phenylbis[2-chloroethylamine]
IND number:5886
NSC code:18429
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