Mannitan tetranitrate

Magnesium dross, wet or hot Mannitan tetranitrate Mannitol hexanitrate (dry)... 

Mannitane Tetranitrate. C6H80(0N02)4, mw 344.16, N 16.28%, OB toC02 -13.9% yellowish brown syrupy liq msoi in w, sol in ale eth. Can be prepd by gradual dissolution of lp of mannitane in a cooled mixt of 5ps coned nitric acid and lOps coned sulfuric acid. The slurry is then poured into a large quant of ice w, and the prod sepd by filtn, washed dried. It is a powerful expl with the same impact sensitivity asNG... 

According to a report of Tikhanovich [19] nitromannitol in contact with an ethereal solution of ammonia undergoes a partial denitration to form D-mannitol penta-nitrate (m.p. 8l-82°C) together with derivatives of an ether-alcohol mannitane C6H8(OH)4, namely mannitane tetranitrate C6Hg0(0N02)4 (an oily liquid) and crystalline mannitane tetramine C6HgO(NH2)4. 

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