E. G. Amadi

Determination of the Mechanism of Nucleophilic Reaction of Fenitrothion Using Substituted Phenoxide Nucleophiles in Aqueous Media

E. G. Amadi, C. I. Egwuatu, C. U. Okoro, F. O. Obumselu & M. U. Onuoha · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2021

The mechanism of the nucleophilic displacement reaction at the phosphorus centre of organophosphates was determined. Phenoxide nucleophiles were reacted with fenitrothion (O,O-dimethyl O-(3-methyl-4-nitrophenyl) phosphorothioate) in water at 25oC and pseudo-first order rate const...