The crystal structure of 2-hydroxyoxyiminiomethyl-4'-carbamoyl-1,1'-oxybis(methylene)dipyridinium dichloride monohydrate (HI-6) (laq.)

1,1'-[Oxyby(methylene)]bis{4-[(hydroxyiminio)methyl]pyridinium} dichloride (obidoxime chloride)

2-[((Hydroxyiminio)methyl]-1-methylpyridinium chloride

The efficacy of some bis-pyridinium oximes as antidotes to soman in isolated muscles of several species including man

Previous results had shown that bis-pyridinium oximes, particularly HI-6 are quite effective therapeutically in soman-poisoned rats and mice in vivo and in the rat diaphragm preparation in vitro. The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of bis-pyridinium oximes on soman-inhibited neuromuscular transmission in muscle...

Antidotes to organophosphate poisoning. 2. Thiadiazole-5-carboxaldoximes

Three new nonquaternary oximes have been evaluated with respect to their antidotal activities against organophosphate poisoning. The oximes 1,2,3-thiadiazole-5-carboxaldoxime (1, pKa = 7.6), 2-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole-5-carboxaldoxime (2, pKa = 8.4), and 3-methyl-1,2,4-thiadiazole-5-carboxaldoxime (3, pKa = 7.0) were prepared in yields of 56, 24...

Successful oxime therapy one hour after soman intoxication in the rat

The bisquarternary mono-oxime HI-6, and to a lesser extent HS-6, caused functional recovery of neuromuscular transmission in vivo and in vitro when given 60 min after soman, i.e. when the soman-cholinesterase (AChE) complex is said to be fully 'aged'. Atropinised rats, with the tracheas intubated, received 4 x LD50 soman i.v. and were kept alive...

A comparison of the oximes HS-6 and HI-6 in the therapy of soman intoxication in rodents

The bisquaternary mono-oximes HS-6 and HI-6 may both be considered as potential therapeutic agents for soman intoxication. It has been found that HI-6 was superior to an equal dose of HS-6 in the treatment of soman intoxication in mice and rats. Not only did HI-6 protect against higher levels of soman, but also fewer 'delayed deaths' were seen...

The dependence of the blood level of the oxime HS 6 on the severity of organophosphate poisoning

Atropinised anaesthetised rats were injected i.v. with 4, 6 or 8 x LD50 of the organophosphorous anticholinesterase soman. Subsequent treatment with one dose of HS 6 (100 mg/kg, i.v.) delayed respiratory failure by 1 h or more; a further postponement was obtained when an additional HS 6 infusion was given. At the same infusion rate, HS 6 blood...

Aging of phosphonylated cholinesterases

The binding of sarin in the blood plasma of the rat

Sephadex filtration of serum from rats 10 min after injection of 50 μg/kg of 32P-sarin demonstrated that about 70 per cent of the radioactivity present in the serum was attached to molecules with a molecular weight above 10,000. Incubation of samples of this serum with oximes caused a decrease in the amounts of 32P attached to the large...