Abstract: A novel compound bis-(N,N-dimethyl-N-carbodecyloxymethyl-N-ethyleneammonium)-sulphide dichloride of the formula ##STR1## A method for preparing said novel compound comprising quaternization of bis-(.beta.-dimethylaminoethyl)-sulphide with monochloroacetic acid decyl ester, molar ratio of said reagents being not more than 1:2.A chemotherapeutic antimicrobial preparation comprising said novel compound as an active principle in combination with a pharmaceutical carrier.A plant growth regulator in the form of an aqueous solution of said novel compound in a concentration of from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt. %.

Abstract: The method for producing trialkylphosphine oxides having the general formula R.sub.3 PO, where R is an alkyl having from 1 to 16 carbon atoms, consists in that red phosphorus reacts with an alkyl iodide in the presence of a catalyst -- iodine or hexaalkyliodophosphoranephosphonium pentaiodide -- while gradually adding alkyl iodide to the reaction mixture, and maintaining the reaction temperature at 180.degree. - 230.degree. C., with subsequent isolation of the end product.The proposed method simplifies the process for preparing trialkylphosphine oxides, increases the yield of the end product to 80- 90 per cent by weight, rules out side reactions of dehydrohalogenation of alkyl iodides, and also shortens the process to 8- 10 hours.