The rates of hydrolysis of seven organic and two inorganic phosphorus compounds applied to soils at a rate of 500 ppm P and incubated at 20°C for various times under aerobic and waterlogged conditions were studied. Monomethyl phosphate, β-glycerophosphate, and α-D-glucose-1-phosphate were hydrolyzed at similar rates in the three soils used, but the rates were somewhat faster under aerobic than under waterlogged conditions. Organic P compounds in which two hydrogens of the orthophosphoric acid are replaced (e.g., diphenyl phosphate) were hydrolyzed at slower rates than those in which one hydrogen is replaced (e.g., phenyl phosphate). The rate of hydrolysis of diphenyl phosphate was lower than that of bis- p-nitrophenyl phosphate. Of the two inorganic P compounds studied, ammonium tetrametaphosphimate did not hydrolyze in soil, and the rate of hydrolysis of phosphonitrilic hexaamide was very small (6–13% hydrolyzed in 7 days) compared with those of the organic phosphates (30–98%).
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