SYNOPSISThe nature of transformation products of high-temperature reactions of thiophosphoryl disulphides with hydroperoxides in the absence and presence of oxidisable substrates and the role of the disulphide in the overall antioxidant mechanism was investigated using a range of techniques such as oxygen absorption, 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) , gas-liquid chromatography (GLC ) , and peroxide determination. The major transformation products of the above oxidation reactions were found to be the thio-and thiono-phosphoric acids, in addition to mono and polysulphides. At high molar ratios of peroxide to disulphide (>lo), these oxidation products are the main catalysts for peroxide decomposition, while at lower ratios the disulphide itself was found to play a major role in the antioxidant mechanism.
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