Functional detergents (FD) based on pyridine and containing aldoximate, ketoximate, and hydroxamate groups were synthesized. Their reactivity in FD/CTAB comicelles toward 4-nitrophenyl 4-toluenesulfonate (NPTS), diethyl phosphate (NPDEP), and diethylphosphonate (NPDEPS) in weakly alkaline media was investigated. Functional detergents based on pyridine are effective in the decomposition of ecotoxicants; the half-lives for the transformation of the substrates into the reaction products in the presence of a functional detergent containing, for example, a ketoximate group amounts to~40 s (NPTS),~120 s (NPDEP), and~5 s (NPDEPS). By analyzing the results it was possible to establish the paths to further modification of the head group of the surfactant, i.e., by varying the structure of the oximate group at various positions of the pyridinium ring aimed at the production of low-basicity functional detergents.Functional detergents containing a heterocycle (pyridinium, imidazolium, etc.) and a fragment of an a-nucleophile in the head group are effective supernucleophilic reagents in the decomposition of phosphate esters -model analogs of pesticides, toxic warfare agents, etc. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Modifications of the surfactants and the creation of new compounds were directed at the production of substances that make it possible to achieve the highest observable rates of decomposition of ecotoxicants under "mild" experimental conditions and in particular in media with acidity close to neutral. It is such compounds that are of particular interest from the practical point of view -the production of antidotes and supernucleophilic reagents that form the basis of degassing systems [1][2][3]5]. By varying the structure of the a-nucleophilic fragment it is possible to synthesize detergents in which the functional group will be fully ionized at pH £ 10.0.The present work examines the reactivity, the micellar effects of functional detergents (I)-(III), and the nucleophilicity of their methyl analogs (Ia)-(IIIa) in relation to 4-nitrophenyl diethylphosphonate (NPDEPS), diethyl phosphate (NPDEP), and 4-toluenesulfonate (NPTS). The functional detergents (II) and (III) were obtained for the first time.The direction of the investigation was chosen for the following reasons: The oximate and hydroxamate anions are typical a-nucleophiles that react anomalously quickly with organophosphorus compounds (OPC) [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]; oximes are widely used as antidotes, and the creation and investigation of inhibited cholinesterase reactivators based on them are currently being 292 0040-5760/08/4405-0292