Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2

Thermal decomposition of arylnitramines

DL Naud

Index: Naud, Darren L. Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 1996 , vol. 7, p. 1321 - 1324

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Abstract

The thermal decomposition of various substituted N-methyl-N-nitroanilines dissolved in indifferent solvents and piperidine has been investigated. Activation volumes and product analyses support evidence that the rate-determining step is the reversible homolysis of the nitramine bond. The activation volumes range from+ 18 to+ 36 ml mol–1. A non-linear Hammett relationship is attributed to an increase in secondary caged reactions, namely ...