Abstract:
The alcoholysis and phenolysis of phosphorus pentasulfide is accelerated by reacting the phosphorus pentasulfide with an alcohol or phenol in the presence of a catalytic amount of a catalyst consisting essentially of water, phosphoric acid, a phosphate salt, sulfuric acid or mixtures thereof. The dialkyl- or diaryldithiophosphoric acids produced are useful in the production of such products as motor oil additives, insecticides, etc.