Abstract: | Maximum and minimum values of the equilibrium constants for nitration of hydroxyl groups in water-soluble carboxycellulose (WSCC) have been estimated. Electronegative substituants and elements of the cellulose structure in the WSCC molecule substantially lower the equilibrium constants for nitration compared with those for polyatomic aliphatic alcohols.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2254–2258, October, 1991. |