Pentaerythritol formate trinitrate

The biotransformation of gylcerol trinitrate by strains of Bacillus thuringiensis/cereus or Enterobacter agglomerans (Meng et al. 1995), by strains of Pseudomonas sp., and some Entero-bacteriaceae (Blehert et al. 1997) involves the expected successive loss of nitrite with the formation of glycerol. The biotransformation of pentaerythritol tetranitrate by Enterobacter cloacae proceeds comparably with metabolism of two hydroxymethyl groups produced by loss of nitrite to the aldehyde (Binks et al. 1996). 

Marans and co-workers used pentaerythritol trinitrate (81) to synthesize a number of aryl and alkyl esters, including the formate, propionate (84), oxalate, succinate, benzoate (85), 3,5-dinitrobenzoate (86), and ortho-, meta-, and para- (87) nitrobenzoate esters. The para-nitrobenzoate ester (87) has also been prepared from the nitration of pentaerythritol monobenzoate with mixed acid. ... 

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