Maltose octonitrate

Nitromaltose (Maltose octonitrate), Ci2Hi403(0N02)8 Maltose octonitrate,60- 70 glistening needles from methyl alcohol, melts with decomposition at 164-165°. If heated quickly, it puffs off at 170-180°. It decomposes slowly at 50°. If fused and allowed to solidify, it has a specific gravity of 1.62. It is readily soluble in methyl alcohol, acetone, and acetic acid, difficultly soluble in ethyl alcohol, and insoluble in water. It reduces warm Fehling s solution more rapidly than nitrosucrose. 

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