Synthesis and structures of the CH acid salts obtained in the reactions of malonic acid esters and malononitriles with 2,4,6-trinitrohalobenzenes in the presence of triethylamine

Reactions of dimethyl malonate, diphenyl malonate, methyl cyanoacetate, and malononitrile with 1-chloro-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene or 1-fluoro-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene in the presence of triethylamine in organic solvents gave stable brightly colored crystalline triethylammonium salts of the corresponding 2,4,6-trinitrophenylmalonic acid derivatives.