Dinitro-p-xylene

OjN-C=C(CH3)-C-N01 (decomp) and defgr when heated to higher temps. Sol in ale, ethyl acetate and ether. Was obtained(together with 3,5"dinitro-p-xylene-2-diazoniumnitrate) by treating 5 amino-p-xyIene-2-sulfonic acid with HNO,... 

Among dinitro derivatives of p- xylene the following three isomers are known 2,3-, 2,6- and 2,5-dinitro-p-xylene ... 

Dinitro-l, 4-dime tbylbenzene, monoclinic prisms (from ale or benz), mp 90—93° obtd with other products on nitrating p-xylene with coned nitric acid or with mixed acid (Ref 1, p387 Ref 2, pl88 Ref 3, p302 ... 

Dinitro-2-nitramino-p-xylene or 4,6-Dinitro-2,5-diniethylphenyl-3-nitramine,... 

Of the xylenes, the meta compound yields a trinitro derivative more readily than toluene does, but trinitro-m-xylene (TNX) melts somewhat higher than is desirable and is not quite powerful enough when used alone. It has been used in shells in mixtures with TNT and with ammonium nitrate. The other xylenes yield only dinitro derivatives by direct nitration. A mixture of o- and p-xylene may be converted into an explosive—an oily mixture of a large number of isomers, which has been used in the composition of non-freezing dynamites—by chlorinating at an elevated CH,... 

Mononitro derivatives of o- and p-xylenes Dinitro derivatives of o- and p-xylene Trinitro derivatives of 0- and p-xylene Manufacture of trinitroxylene (TNX)... 

Blanksma, Sec. trav. cJiim., 1909, 28, 93. 3 5-Dinitro-p-xylidina (3 5-DinUro-2-amino- p-xylene). 

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