Polar character of transition state in reactions for elimination of HNO2 from mononitro compounds

Conclusions As the result of analyzing a large amount of experimental data on the decomposition of mononitro compounds it was shown that the reaction for elimination of HNO₂ from nitro compounds proceeds via a polar transition state.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1345–1350, June, 1974.