In order to clarify the mechanism of the reaction of hydrophilic fiber with reactive dyes, the studies were carried out on the system of poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and 2-substituted 4- amino-6-chloro-1, 3, 5-triazine as the model reaction. The reaction proceeded in dimethyl sulfoxide solution in the presence of sodium hydroxide aqueous solution. The reaction rate was determined by the ratio of the intensity of IR absorption band at 805 cm-1 to that at 2900 cm-1. It was found that the empirical reaction was of the first order and its rate was proportional to the concentrations of PVA, reactant and NaOH in the dilute solution, respectively, but the initial reaction rate decreased with increasing concentration of NaOH. Assuming the second order nucleophilic substitution, it was found that the relation between the reaction rate constant and the substitution constant in triazine derivatives obeyed the Hammett's rule approximately and Q=+2.8. The rate of initial reaction between PVA and the compounds having a substituent on p-position of benzene ring of 2-anilino 4-amino-6-chloro-1, 3, 5-triazine was found to be the following order, p-NO2 p-Cl H p-CE3. It was also clarified that the effect of substituent of -s- triazine ring on the rate of the reaction of PVA with cyanuric chloride derivatives was dependent on its electron density.