Trimethylolnitromethane trinitrate

Nitroisobutylglycerol Trinitrate or Trimethylolnitromethane Trinitrate was first prepd by Hofwimmer. Used as expl gelatinizer for NC (Ref 70, pp 244 245)... 

Further, nitroglycerine can be blended in all proportions with other liquid nitric esters, such as methyl nitrate, the so-called nitroglycol—ethylene glycol dinitrate, diethylene glycol dinitrate, dinitroglycerine, trimethylolnitromethane trinitrate (nitro-isobutylglycerine trinitrate), etc. 

Trimethylolnitromethane trinitrate has attracted considerable interest as an explosive owing to its ideal oxygen balance. Explosive decomposition results in production of heat exceeding that produced by nitroglycerine by 7%... 

Trimethylolnitromethane Trinitrate (Nitroisobutanetriol trinitrate, nitroisobutylglycerin trinitrate, nib-glycerin trinitrate)118... 

At a time when the only practicable methods for the preparation of nitromethane were the interaction of methyl iodide with silver nitrite and the Kolbe reaction from chloracetic acid, the explosive was far too expensive to merit consideration. The present cheap and large scale production of nitromethane by the vapor-phase nitration of methane and of ethane has altered the situation profoundly. Trimethylolnitromethane trinitrate is an explosive which can now be produced from coke, air, and natural gas. Nitromethane too has other interest for the manufacturer of explosives. It may be used as a component of liquid explosives, and it yields on reduction methylamine which is needed for the preparation of tetryl. 

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