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Study on the Nitrolysis of Hexamethylenetetramine by NMR spectrometry II. Some new evidences of the intermediate of HOCH 2 NHNO 2 as a possible precursor to RDX
Author(s) -
Fang Zhijie,
Chen Li,
Wang Shaofang,
Chen Ju,
Li Fuping
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.19970220206
Subject(s) - hexamethylenetetramine , nitric acid , yield (engineering) , decomposition , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , mass spectrometry , nmr spectra database , nuclear chemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , spectral line , materials science , chromatography , physics , astronomy , metallurgy
In this research, the RDX yield from nitrolysing hexamethylenetetramine (hexamine, HA) together with methylenedinitramine (MDNA) in 90% nitric acid was more than 100%. It was found that MDNA decomposed completely in 90% nitric acid, forming O(CH 2 ONO 2 ) 2 , while in HNO 3 NH 4 NO 3 system the decomposed fragments of MDNA condensed into RDX. On the basis of the comparison of the experimental results to the 1 H‐NMR spectra obtained by following the decomposition reaction of MDNA with nitric acid, the intermediate, HOCH 2 NHNO 2 , was postulated as one of the possible precursors to RDX both in Hale and in K process.

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