Abstract: The acid-catalyzed decomposition of 1, 3-di-n-butyl-3-methyltriazene (1) in aqueous buffer was investigated. Determination of the kinetics over a pH range of 10.4 to 12 indicated that the reaction is acid catalyzed. Variation of buffer concentration, at constant ionic strength, produced an insignificant variation in the rate constant. The determination of kinetics of the decomposition of 1 in nine different buffers, ranging in pKa from 9.6 to 12.7, ...
