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THE synthesis of the diethyl-ester of pyrocarbonic acid (DEP) was first reported by Boehm and Metha1 in 1938. Later, G. Hecht2 observed that this compound had a strong bactericidal effect. It is also known that DEP rapidly decomposes in water into toxicologically indifferent products; carbon dioxide and alcohol: 
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FEDORCSÁK, I., TURTÓCZKY, I. Effects of the Diethyl Ester of Pyrocarbonic Acid on Bacteriophage and Transforming DMA. Nature 209, 830–831 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209830b0
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