Aniline Mustard

**Semantic type:** Organic Chemical|Pharmacologic Substance

**Definition:** 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. (NCI04)

**Synonyms:** - .beta.,.beta.'-Dichlorodiethylaniline - A 14489 - A 14489 - Aniline mustard - Benzenamine, N, N-bis(2-chloroethyl)- (9CI) - Benzenamine, N, N-bis(2-chloroethyl)-(9CI) - CB 1074 - CB 1074 - Lymphochin - Lymphochin - Lymphocin - Lymphocin - Lymphoquin - Lymphoquin - Mesylerythrol - N, N-Bis(2-chloroethyl)aniline - N,N-BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL)ANILINE - N,N-bis(2-chloroethyl)aniline - N,N-bis(2-chloroethyl)benzenamine - Phenylbis(2-chloroethylamine) - SK 592 - SK 592 - TL 476 - TL 476 - beta, beta'-dichlorodiethylaniline - mesylerythrol - phenylbis[2-chloroethylamine]