NITROLYSIS OF HEXAMETHYLENETETRAMINE: III. PREPARATION OF PURE CYCLONITE

1 May 1949

journal article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Research

Vol. 27b (5) , 469-474
https://doi.org/10.1139/cjr49b-049

Abstract

All Cyclonite prepared by nitrolysis of hexamethylenetetramine has been found to contain 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazacycloöctatie (HMX). This impurity is not present in Cyclonite prepared by oxidation of 1,3,5-trinitroso-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane. The oxidation yields 1-nitroso-3,5-dinitro-1,3,5-triaza-cyclohexane as an intermediate. There seems then to be a difference in reactivity of two of the three aza linkages in triazacyclohexanes.

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