R. Bell, T. Spencer
May 12, 1959
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Abstract
The kinetics of the bromination of ethyl nitroacetate have been studied in aqueous buffer solutions. The reaction is of the first order with respect to the ester, and of zero order with respect to bromine; it exhibits general catalysis by bases. The catalytic effects of six carboxylate anions and two pyridine bases are closely related to their basic strengths, but in other respects the reaction does not conform to the regularities previously found for the rates of ionization of ketones and keto-esters.