P4O10 + 12 HClO4 → 6 Cl2O7 + 4 H3PO4
Reactants:
- P4O10
- Names: Phosphorus pentoxide

, Diphosphorus pentoxide 
, Phosphorus(V) oxide
Phosphoric anhydride 
, Tetraphosphorus decaoxide
, Tetraphosphorus decoxide
, Phosphorus pentaoxide 
- Appearance: White powder | very deliquescent | odorless
; Hygroscopic white crystals or powder 
- HClO4 – Chloric(VII) acid

- Other names: Perchloric acid

, Hyperchloric acid
, Perchloric acid (72% solution)
, Hydronium perchlorate 
- Appearance: Colorless liquid
; Colourless liquid with pungent odour 
Products:
- Cl2O7 – Dichlorine heptoxide

- Other names: Chlorine(VII) oxide; Perchloric anhydride; (Perchloryloxy)chlorane trioxide

- Appearance: Colorless liquid

- H3PO4
- Names: Phosphoric acid



, Orthophosphoric acid 

, Phosphoric(V) acid
White phosphoric acid 
, [PO(OH)3]
, H3PO4
, E338
, Phosphoric acid (aqueous) 
- Appearance: Hygroscopic colourless crystals
; Thick, colorless, odorless, crystalline solid. [Note: Often used in an aqueous solution.] 