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tabun

The first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare.

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        Nerve agent.

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              Now, as for organophosphorus compounds used in chemical warfare, that could only mean sarin, soman, tabun, that line of compounds.
              Underground
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              Nerve gases include tabun, soman and sarin - the agent experts think is most likely to have been used in Syria.
              Reuters