Kinetic and equilibrium studies of σ-adduct formation and nucleophilic substitution in the reactions of morpholine with 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene and some phenyl aryl ethers in dimethyl sulphoxide

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1395(199603)9:3<152::AID-POC769>3.0.CO;2-4

Reactions of morpholine in dimethyl sulphoxide at unsubstituted ring positions of 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, and phenyl 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl ether, yield anionic σ-adducts via zwitterionic intermediates. Reactions at the 1-position of phenyl 2,4,6-trinitrophe