The kinetic of the nucleophilic substitution of methyl 2,4-dichloro-3,5-dinitrobenzoate with piperidine, piperazine, morpholine and thiomorpholine in methanol and benzene were determined spectrophotometrically at different amine concentrations and at temperatures ranging from 25 to 45 °C. The second order rate constants and the thermodynamic parameters show that the reactions are not amine catalysed and are greatly dependent of the nature of solvent and amine. UV, IR, 1 H NMR, and elemental analysis are used to prove the aminodechlorination at C-2.