Eb. Devargas et al., AMINES AS LEAVING GROUPS IN NUCLEOPHILIC AROMATIC-SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS .3. HYDROLYSIS OF 1-AMINO-2,4-DINITROBENZENES, Journal of physical organic chemistry, 8(2), 1995, pp. 113-120
The kinetic study of the reaction of 1-pyrrolidino-2,4-dinitrobenzene,
1-piperidino-2,4-dinitrobenzene and 1-morpholino-2,4-dinitrobenzene w
ith NaOH in the presence and absence of the amine leaving group was ca
rried out in aqueous solutions at 25 degrees C, giving 2,4-dinitrophen
ol as the only product, A mechanism involving the formation of a compl
exes by addition of HO- or the amine to the unsubstituted positions of
the aromatic ring is proposed, These complexes were found to react fa
ster than the original substrates.