Studies on the Reaction between Polynitrobenzene Compounds and Active Methylene Groups. X. Kinetic Study on the Janovsky Reaction of Trinitrobenzene with Acetone in Methanol

Abstract

The rate-determining step of the Janovsky reaction of 1, 3, 5-trinitrobenzene with acetone in methanol is not the deprotonating step but the attacking one of acetonate ion. Kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of the formation and the decomposition of the Janovsky complex I are determined and discussed.