Bachmann, Werner

The McGill workers postulated that, in their process, methylene nitramine (CH2=N—N02) is formed as an intermediate, which then tri-merizes to RDX. However, the existence of methylene nitramine has never been proven. Werner Bachmann (Ref 2) of the University of Michigan, during WWII, conceived of a combination process in which the Hale nitrolysis of Hexamine would occur first, and the remaining methylene would be converted to RDX by the Ross-Schiessler route. Using three feed streams Ac20, Hexamine In acetic acid, and AN in nitric acid, the Bachmann process results in an 80% yield of RDX (two moles from one of Hexamine), including a small amount of HMX. 

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Werner, H., Bachmann, P., Laubender, M. and Gevert, O. (1998) European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 1217. 

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