Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine

Synonyms BRN 0964788 CCRIS 3143 CE EINECS 207-531-9 7V-Methyl-2,4,6-tetranitro-aniline -Methyl-iV,2,4,6-tetranitrobenzenaniine Nitramine NSC 2166 Picrylmethyl-nitramine Picrylnitromethylamine Tetralit Tetralite Tetril 2,4,6-Tetryl Trinitrophenylmethyl-nitramine Trinitrophenyl-7V-methylnitramine 2,4,6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine 2,4,6-Trinitro-phenyl-A7methylnitramine UN 0208. 

The chemical structures of some common mifttary explosives are shown in Figure 1. These include the nitrate esters such as nitrocellulose (NC), NG, EGDN, and (PETN) nitroarenes such as trinitrotoluene (TNT, CH3—C6H2(N02)3), picric acid (HO—C5H2(N02)3), and 2,4,6-trinitrophenylmethylnitramine (tetryl) and nitramines such as RDX (C3H6N6O6), HMX (C4H8N8O8), and hexanitrohexa-azaisowurtzitane (CL— 20). Of these, only CL— 20 is new , that is, less than 50 years old [3]. Mixtures of oxidizers and fuels, such as AN and FO (called ANFO), are also secondary explosives. 

Tetryl (2.10), also known as 2,4,6-trinitrophenylmethylnitramine (C7H5N5Os), was first obtained by Mertens in 1877 and its structure determined by Romburghin 1883. 

NOa groups attached to both the carbon and nitrogen of an amino compd, as in 2,4,6-trinitrophenylmethylnitramine... 

CE(Composition Exploding). Brit designation of Tetryl(2,4,6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine)... 

Tetryl or 2,4,6-trinitrophenylmethylnitramine was first described by Michler and Meyer77 in 1879, and was studied soon thereafter by van Romburgh78 and by Mertens.79 Van Romburgh proved its structure by synthesizing it from picryl chloride and potassium methylnitramine. 

Tetryl (2,4,6 -Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine, N-2,4,6-tetranitro-N-methyl aniline, or picrylmethyl-nitramine, also called Pyronite, Tetrylit, Tetra-Ute or Tetralita)... 

Tetryl [2,4,6-trinitrophenylmethylnitramine, C6H2(N02)3NCH3N02] is manufactured by the action of mixed sulfuric and nitric acid on dimethyl-aniline in a multiple-stage nitration. 

Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine (tetryl) is highly toxic to marine organisms, with EC50 values to marine fish, algae, bacteria, and a variety of invertebrates ranging... 

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