EA-3834 is a potent

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drug with a fairly long duration of action, related to the

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3-quinuclidinyl benzilate 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB) (IUPAC name 1-azabicyclo .2.2ctan-3-yl hydroxy(diphenyl)acetate; US Army code EA-2277; NATO code BZ; Soviet code Substance 78) is an odorless and bitter-tasting military incapacitating agent.QNB: Incapacitating Age ...

(QNB). It was developed under contract to

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during the 1960s as part of the US military chemical weapons program, during research to improve upon the properties of earlier agents such as QNB. EA-3834 has a potency and central to peripheral effects ratio only slightly less than that of related compounds such as EA-3443, and is faster acting and shorter lasting, although not as much as other compounds such as 302196. EA-3834 appears to cause renal problems, among them, microhematuria.

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