Abstract
New initiators 1-7, analogues of tetra-acetylethylenediamine, have been prepared and their use in the in situ generation of peroxyacids by reaction with sodium peroxycarbonate described. The kinetics of perhydrolysis of these initiators in aqueous solution under different conditions of temperature and pH, as well as the use of these new “complex peroxygenated systems” in the destruction of organophosphorus and sulfur toxins and pollutants, have been studied.