Nitromethoxymethoxymethyl nitrate

Nitromethoxymethoxymethyl Nitrate (Nitro-nitroxymethylol). C N.CH O.CHj.O.CHj.O.NOi, mw 182.1, N 15.38%, OB to C02 -17.6%, oily liq, bp 88—89° at 9mm. Usually present in the products of nitration of symm-dichlorom ethyl ether in the prepn of nitromethoxymethyl nitrate (see below), from which it can be sepd by fractional distn in vac at about 90°. It is a powerful expl, Houben and Pfankuch (Ref 2) reported that when they attempted the vac distn at 110°, violent expln occurred Refs 1) Beil 1, [649] 2) J. Houben E. 

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