Homologues and analogues of tetryl

Romburgh [62] prepared this product by the nitration of N-dimethyl-m-toluidine, British authors [63] obtained it in the following manner during World War I using the product of sulphitation of y-trinitroluene, the main isomer of a-trinitrotoluene (Vol. I)  

This course of reaction was confirmed by T. Urbanski and Schuck [40] who also found that the final product is somewhat more stable to heat than tetryl. Instantaneous explosion, for example, occurred on contact with a metal surface heated to 320°C (tetryl explodes at 310°C). 

It is an explosive of approximately the same power as picric acid. 

The formation of this substance by the nitration of m-nitromethylaniline was examined by Blanksma [65] and the conditions of its conversion into a number of other substances by the substitution of the nitro group at the meta-position with 

All these substances have been examined [66] with reference to their sensitiveness and stability (Table 13). 

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Tetryl manufacture Nitration of dimethytaniline The production of dimethylanilinc sulphate Nitration Washing the tctr> l Crystallization from benzene Crystallization from acetone Nitration of dinitromethylaniline Homologues and analogues of tetryl... 

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