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by mys_721tx 2266 days ago
Bleach breaks down to chlorine, which in turn reacts with ammonia to form chloramine. Mustard gas has sulfur and cannot be synthesized this way.
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Chlorine based bleach is just one of the things that has the label "Bleach" in your household cleaning aisle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach#Classes_of_bleaches

The only sulfur containing bleaches in that list are potassium persulfate and sodium hydrosulfite. Neither contains chlorine.

Furthermore, the synthesis of mustard gas is non-trivial. Those two chemicals are not enough to put the sulfur on a carbon chain.