Pentaerythritol acetate trinitrate

In this way Marans, Elrick and Preckel [52] have obtained pentaerythritol monoacetate together with certain amounts of di- and triacetate by heating pentaerythritol tetra-acetate with pentaerythritol at 180-185°C. The monoacetate was nitrated to yield pentaerythritol acetate trinitrate (XII). Careful hydrolysis of the latter produced pentaerythritol trinitrate (XIII) ... 

The DTA of cellulose, cellulose nitrate, pentaerythritol, pentaerythrityl trinitrate, and other compounds of this type has been studied by Pakulak and Leonard (135). When a thermistorized DTA apparatus was used, the upper temperature limit of the instrument was only about 200°C hence, cellulose and cellulose acetate did not give any peaks, while cellulose nitrate gave an exothermic peak with a A7 of 180°C. Similar results were noted for the pentaerythritol series. 

Marans and Preckel " synthesized both the mononitrate (95) and the dinitrate (92) esters of metriol by using a similar strategy to that used for pentaerythritol trinitrate. Thus, nitration of both the mono- (90) and the di- (93) acetate esters of metriol, followed by selective hydrolysis of the acetate groups, yields (92) and (95) respectively the latter could be useful as a monomer for the synthesis of energetic polyurethane polymers. 

Succinic Acid-Mono [3-Nitryloxy-2,2-Bis-Nitryloxymethyl-Propylester] (or 0-[-3- Car-boxy-propionyl]-0, 0 ,0w-trinitro-pentaerythritol). C9H, 3N30 3 mw 371.25 N 11.32% OB to C02 —49,65% cryst (from ethanol) mp 92— 92.5°. Prepn is by warming succinic acid anhydride with 0,0 0f,-Pentaerythritol Trinitrate (see in Vol 8, P84-R to 86-L) in acet. Its expl... 

A variety of solvents, monomers, medicines, perfumes, and explosives are made from esters of nitric acid. Ethyl acetate, //-butyl acetate, iso-butyl acetate, glycerol trinitrate, pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), glycol dinitrate, and cellulose nitrate are examples of such reactions. 

Monobromopentaerythritol, BrCH2C(CH20H)3, and its Trinitrate, BrCH2.C(CH20N02)3, crysts, mp 91°, These derivs were prepd by reaction of pentaerythritol with hydrobromic acid in the presence of acetic anhydride, followed by nitration with HNOj. Elrick et al (Ref 2) earlier prepd lAonobromopentaerythritol trinitrate, wh crysts (from ale), mp 89-90°, by nitrating the dinitrodefiv with 100% white HNOj... 

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