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

Abstract

The Janovsky reaction of 1, 3, 5-trinitrobenzene with cyclohexanone was studied kinetically. The rate-determining step is the addition of cyclohexanonate anion to trinitrobenzene. Kinetic and thermodynamic parameters are compared with those of the reaction with acetone. And the mechanism of the Zimmermann reaction of m-dinitrobenzene is suggested.