Tetramethylolcyclopentanone tetranitrate

Tetramethylolcyclopentanone (III) is an intermediate product in the above reaction chain. It can be nitrated to give a tetranitrate, m.p. 74°C (nitropentanone). Friedrich and Flick report the explosion heat of nitropentanone as 820 kcal/kg, /= 10,680 m and the detonation rate 7940 m/sec at a density of 1.59 g/cm3. These substances are not in practical use at present. 

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