1. Cacodyl oxide is prepared by the reaction of potassium acetate with arsenic trioxide.2. The inorganic chemists discovered the properties of cacodyl as a ligand for transition metals. 3. Acetates when heated with arsenic trioxide form cacodyl oxide, which can be detected by its malodorous vapours. 4. This liquid is known as Cadet's fuming liquid and contains the two compounds cacodyl and cacodyl oxide. 5. This liquid is known as Cadet's fuming liquid and contains the two compounds cacodyl and cacodyl oxide. 6. Bunsen almost died from arsenic poisoning, and an explosion with cacodyl cost him sight in his right eye. 7. Cacodyl was used to prove the Radical theory of Berzelius, which resulted in a wide use of cacodyl in research laboratories.8. Cacodyl was used to prove the Radical theory of Berzelius, which resulted in a wide use of cacodyl in research laboratories. 9. During World War I the use of cacodyl as poison gas was considered, but it was never used in the war. 10. "Cadet's fuming liquid ", which is composed of cacodyl and cacodyl oxide, was originally denaturing and warning agent.
