Nouveaux Décontaminants. Action des Péracides à Groupe Ester sur Quelques Toxiques Insecticides ou de Guerre

A new peroxyacid-ester series has been obtained and used in the destruction of toxic agents. These structures oROCOC6H4CO3H and ROCO(CH2)nCO3H are more stable than the unsubstituted compounds. The reaction with paraoxon (0,0-diethyl 0-paranitrophenylphosphate) and HD (2,2′-dichlorodiethylsulfide) goes to completion in a very short time. The influence of the R group and the length of the chain (n = 2……12) has been studied. The addition of some long chain tetraalkyl-ammonium salts enhances the rate of the reaction by micellar catalysis.