ISSN:
0894-3230
Keywords:
nucleophilic aromatic substitution
;
Meisenheimer complexes
;
nucleophilic reactivity
;
trinitro-aromatics
;
Chemistry
;
Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Kinetic and equilibrium results are reported for the reactions of sulphite with the ethyl and phenyl ethers of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol and 2,4,6-trinitrothiophenol in 80/20 (v/v) water/DMSO. In each case 1:1 and 1:2 adducts are observed by reaction of sulphite at one or two unsubstituted ring positions respectively. In the case of the ethyl derivatives these adducts are long-lived however, the phenyl derivatives rapidly yield 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulphonate, the substitution product. This difference is attributed to a change in the nature of the rate-determining step, from nucleophilic attack with the phenyl derivatives to leaving group departure with the alkyl derivatives. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
