Arsenical

An arsenical is any compound or any thing related to arsenic.

Examples

Here are some examples of arsenicals and common details and uses:

Arsanilic acid

Acidic compound with a symbol C₆H₈AsNO₃.Used as an anti infection agent. It is one of the 4 arsenical animal drugs approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration.Used as a treatment of human trypanosomiasis.

Arsenamide

It is an organic compound with chemical formula C₁₁H₁₂AsNO₅S₂.Used as a chemotherapy device and an agent to prevent filariasis.

Arsenates

Compound that have the ion AsO₄^3-.It occurs in weathering.They are esters of arsenic acid.

Their Kinds

Arsenic acid

It is an acid which arsenates are part of.Its chemical formula is H₃AsO₄.Commonly used as wood preservative.

Adamite

A mineral in the formula Zn₂AsO₄OH.It is white in its pure form but becomes yellow due to the iron compounds present into it.

Arsenites

Any compound that has an arsenic oxoanion.

Arsphenamine

A compound that is first used for syphilis treatment in 1910.

P-azobenzenearsonate

It is a compound that causes antibodies when bound to amino acids,proteins and polypeptides.

Cacodylic acid

It is an acid with symbol (CH₃)₂AsO₂H.It is commonly used as herbicides.

Carbarsone

One of the 4 arsenical animal drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Its symbol is C₇H₉AsN₂O₄.

Melarsoprol

A drug with a formula C₁₂H₁₅AsN₆OS₂.It is used for treatment of human African tripanosomiasis.

Nitarsone

Also one of the 4 arsenical animal drugs approved by the U.S Food and Drug administration. Its chemical formula is denoted as C₆H₆AsNO₅.

Roxarsone

The 3rd arsenical to be approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration.Its chemical formula is C₆AsNH₆O₆.It is a derivative of phenylarsonic acid.

Arsenic acid's molecular structure

Common Arsenical Acids

Here are some lists of arsenic acids,their uses and harmful effects:

Acid name	Chem.For.	Benefits	Harmful Effects
Arsenic Acid	H3AsO4	Wood Preservation	Toxic,harmful to environment
Arsenous Acid	H3AsO3	Herbicides & Pesticides	Toxic,harmful to environment
Arsanilic Acid	C6H8AsNO3	Treatment of human trypanosomiasis	Toxic in great amounts and harmful to nature
Cacodylic Acid	(CH3)2AsO2H	Herbicides	Toxic

Common arsenical acids,such as H₃AsO₃ or commonly known as arsenous acid is toxic when present in great amounts or even small doses.The arsenic acid(H₃AsO₄) is toxic but useful in wood preservation.