2.5- dinitro-, reactivity towards nucleophiles

The halogens of halothiophenes are more labile than those of the corresponding benzenes in accordance with theoretical considera-tions which indicate that thiophenes should also undergo nucleophilic substitutions more rapidly than benzenes. Hurd and Kreuz" found that in qualitative experiments 3,5-dinitro-2-chlorothiophene was more reactive toward piperidine and methanolic potassium hydroxide than 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene. A quantitative study on the reaction of the six isomeric bromonitrothiophenes with piperidine (Table V) shows that the thiophenes react about one thousand times... 

Table 3 Relative reactivity of 2,5-dinitro derivatives of five-membered heterocycles and 1,4-dinitrobenzene towards some nucleophiles ...

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