Relative reactivity and kinetic pattern of aniline and N??methylaniline as nucleophiles in aromatic substitution (SNAr) reactions

TA Emokpae, C Isanbor

Index: Emokpae, Thomas A.; Isanbor, Chukwuemeka International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 2004 , vol. 36, # 3 p. 188 - 196

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Abstract

Abstract Kinetic results are reported for the reactions of 4-nitrophenyl-2, 4, 6-trinitrophenyl ether 3 with aniline and N-methylaniline in dimethyl sulphoxide, acetonitrile, methanol, and benzene. The reactions gave the expected 2, 4, 6-trinitrodiphenylamine and were base catalyzed in all the solvents. Both nucleophiles showed the same kinetic pattern under the same reaction conditions but aniline was found to be considerably more reactive than N- ...