PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF ALIPHATIC NITRO-COMPOUNDS .7. LOW-TEMPERATURE FLASH-PHOTOLYSIS OF TETRANITROMETHANE AND ITS CHLORO-SUBSTITUTED AND FLUORO-SUBSTITUTED ANALOGS

1. The low-temperature flash photolysis of tetranitromethane, chlorotrinitromethane, and fluorotrinitromethane in DMFA and hydroxyl-containing solutions leads to rupture of the polynitromethane C-N bond with the formation of polynitrocarbanions. 2. Kinetic studies have shown that anion formation in the polynitro-compound photolysis is a first-order process; yields for these reactions have been determined. © 1979 Plenum Publishing Corporation.