Synthesis of new initiators. Insitu peroxyacid formation via the action ofsodium peroxycarbonate. Application to the destruction of organophosphorusand/or sulfur toxins

New initiators 1-7, analogues of tetra-acetylethylenediamine, have been pre pared and their use in the in situ generation of peroxyacids by reaction wi th sodium peroxycarbonate described. The kinetics of perhydrolysis of these initiators in aqueous solution under different conditions of temperature a nd pH, as well as the use of these new "complex peroxygenated systems" in t he destruction of organophosphorus and sulfur toxins and pollutants, have b een studied.