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STUDIES on the hydrolysis of parathion (O-O-di-ethyl-O-p-nitrophenylphosphorothionate) and E.P.N. (thiono-benzene phosphoric acid O-ethyl-O-p-nitro-phenylester) at pH 7 showed unexpectedly that traces of some metal ions, for example, cupric ions, have a marked catalytic effect.
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KETELAAR, J., GERSMANN, H. & BECK, M. Metal-catalysed Hydrolysis of Thiophosphoric Esters. Nature 177, 392–393 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177392b0
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