Kinetic study on the alkaline hydrolysis of some tetracoordinate Pv esters of 2,4-dinitrophenol
Abstract
The alkaline hydrolysis of 2,4-dinitrophenyl esters of benzylphosphinic, benzylphosphonic and benzylphosphonamidic acid does not proceed through a carbanion-promoted dissociative mechanism, a possible alternative pathway to the usual SN2(P) process; this is a further indication of the clear preference for associative displacement at phosphorus.