Kinetics and Mechanism of the Addition of Substituted Anilines to β-Nitrostyrene

Abstract

The addition of aniline to trans-β-nitrostyrene involved the formation of a zwitterionic intermediate in the rate-determining step followed by a rapid intramolecular proton transfer.

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