Nitroaromatic alcohol nitrates

Trinitrohydroxyethylbenzene nitrate or trinitrophenyl-/5-ethyl nitrate, melting at 83°C, is obtained from trinitrotoluene, that undergoes an addition reaction with formaldehyde in an alkaline medium to produce the corresponding alcohol (m.p. 112°C), which is then nitrated (Vender [87])  

TMs is a white crystallme powder with a melting point of 104.5°C, soluble in acetone and capable of gelatinizing collodion cotton. 

It can be obtained by reacting sodium hydrogen ethylene glyoxide and chloro-dinitrobenzene followed by nitration, or chlorotrinitrobenzene, as reported by Faiboume and Toms [88]  

Trinitrophenoxyethyl alcohol, the parent substance of trinitrophenoxyethyl nitrate, was also obtained by Wasmer [89] in another way, namely  

Trinitrophenoxyethyl-to-nitrate is more sensitive to impact than picric acid and less so than tetryl. Its explosive strength approaches that of tetryl, since it produces an expansion in the lead block of 350-355 cm.  

Trinitrophenyl-a-glyceroI-/ ,y-dinitrate (a-glyceryl-trinitrophenyl ether / ,y-dinitrate) 

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