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In this work the neutral or spontaneous hydrolysis of paraoxon, one of the most popular organophosphate pesticides, in aqueous solution was investigated at the DFT and MP2 levels of theory, using a combination of local solvation of the phosphoryl group with explicit water molecules, and treating the long range solvent effects using continuum solvation model. In contrast to the alkaline hydrolysis,...