STUDIES ON RDX AND RELATED COMPOUNDS: II. THE NITROLYSIS OF HEXAMINE IN ACETIC ACID

1950 ◽  
Vol 28b (11) ◽  
pp. 715-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Winkler ◽  
M. Kirsch
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Deleterious Effect ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Harmful Effect ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Related Compounds

Acetic acid has a harmful effect on the reaction rate and on the yield of RDX at 1 °C. and at 30 °C. for a given nitric acid – hexamine ratio below a certain optimum value. At the optimum, however, the maximum yield of 80% is obtained at both temperatures. The deleterious effect of acetic acid may be explained by assuming that the concentration of the active nitrolyzing agent (nitracidium ion) is decreased by reaction between acetic acid and nitric acid.

STUDIES OF RDX AND RELATED COMPOUNDS: XI. THE CONVERSION OF PHX TO AcAn

1953 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 602-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Marcus ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Activation Energy ◽  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Salt Effect ◽  
Quantitative Agreement ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
First Order ◽  
Related Compounds

The formation of AcAn from PHX, nitric acid, and acetic anhydride has been investigated at various temperatures. The effects of added acetic acid and added salts have been determined. While the reaction is first order with respect to PHX, it is of an order 2.6 with respect to nitric acid. The reaction rate is significantly decreased by small concentrations of sodium nitrate. The reaction is also characterized by a secondary salt effect and a low apparent activation energy of about 2 kcal. mole−1. A mechanism has been suggested in qualitative, and to some extent quantitative, agreement with the experimental data. It is postulated that the conversion of PHX involves a rate-controlling ionic reaction between PHX and nitric acid, and that this is followed by a rapid acetylation of the acidic intermediate to AcAn.

STUDIES ON RDX AND RELATED COMPOUNDS: X. ANALYSIS FOR NITRIC ACID IN ACETIC ACID – ACETIC ANHYDRIDE MEDIA

1953 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Marcus ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Acetic Anhydride ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Potassium Acetate ◽  
Standard Solution ◽  
Related Compounds

An analytical method has been developed for the estimation of nitric acid in acetic acid – acetic anhydride media, with a precision of 0.3%. The procedure involves the addition of a solution of potassium acetate in acetic acid to the sample. The excess is back-titrated conductometrically with a standard solution of nitric acid in acetic acid.

STUDIES OF RDX AND RELATED COMPOUNDS: III. THE REACTION TO FORM RDX FROM AMMONIUM NITRATE AND FORMALDEHYDE IN ACETIC ANHYDRIDE

1951 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 377-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Gillies ◽  
H. L. Williams ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Acetic Anhydride ◽  
Ammonium Nitrate ◽  
Glacial Acetic Acid ◽  
Related Compounds

This reaction at 35°C. exhibits a behavior indicative of the presence of an intermediate in the reaction. Reaction of paraformaldehyde and ammonium nitrate in glacial acetic acid resulted in the isolation of hexamine dinitrate. Evidence is presented to indicate that formation of hexamine dinitrate, accompanied by the production of nitric acid, is responsible for the production of RDX in the acetic anhydride system.

STUDIES OF RDX AND RELATED COMPOUNDS: VII RELATION BETWEEN RDX AND HMX PRODUCTION IN THE BACHMANN REACTION

1952 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 734-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Epstein ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Acetic Anhydride ◽  
Ammonium Nitrate ◽  
Deleterious Effect ◽  
Activation Energies ◽  
Related Compounds

The reactions to form RDX and HMX in Bachmann-type mixtures are comparable in respect of optimum nitric acid concentrations and in the fact that optimal amounts of acetic anhydride and ammonium nitrate are necessary for maximum yields of either explosive. The activation energies for formation of RDX and HMX were also found to be comparable, at 15 ± 1 kcal. per mole. However, withholding ammonium nitrate from the reaction mixture was found to have a more deleterious effect on RDX production than on HMX production. A mechanism is proposed which attempts in a general way to represent the relation between RDX and HMX production in the type of reaction mixtures used.

Ectodesmata as Revealed By Freeze-Etch Preparations of Plant Epidermal Cell Walls

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 468-469
Author(s):  
N.C. Lyon ◽  
W. C. Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Oxalic Acid ◽  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Epidermal Cell ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Plant Viruses ◽  
Plant Leaves ◽  
Thin Sections

Schumacher and Halbsguth first demonstrated ectodesmata as pores or channels in the epidermal cell walls in haustoria of Cuscuta odorata L. by light microscopy in tissues fixed in a sublimate fixative (30% ethyl alcohol, 30 ml:glacial acetic acid, 10 ml: 65% nitric acid, 1 ml: 40% formaldehyde, 5 ml: oxalic acid, 2 g: mecuric chloride to saturation 2-3 g). Other workers have published electron micrographs of structures transversing the outer epidermal cell in thin sections of plant leaves that have been interpreted as ectodesmata. Such structures are evident following treatment with Hg++ or Ag+ salts and are only rarely observed by electron microscopy. If ectodesmata exist without such treatment, and are not artefacts, they would afford natural pathways of entry for applied foliar solutions and plant viruses.

Synthesis and properties of 1,3-bis(4-nitrophenyl)-1-butene

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 2120-2124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Čík ◽  
Anton Blažej ◽  
Kamil Antoš ◽  
Igor Hrušovský
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Double Bond ◽  
Fuming Nitric Acid

1,3-Bis(4-nitrophenyl)-1-butene was prepared by nitration of 1,3-diphenyl-1-butene (I) with fuming nitric acid in acetic acid. The double bond in I was protected by addition of bromine which was eliminated after the nitration. The UV, IR and 1H- spectra of the synthesized compounds are interpreted.

scholarly journals Nitration of Jharia basin coals, India: a study of structural modifications by XRD and FTIR techniques

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabal Boral ◽  
Atul K. Varma ◽  
Sudip Maity
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Nitric Acid ◽  
Linear Relationship ◽  
Glacial Acetic Acid ◽  
Vitrinite Reflectance ◽  
Aqueous Media ◽  
Interlayer Spacing ◽  
Acetic Acid Medium ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Media

AbstractFour coal samples from Jharia basin, India are treated with nitric acid in glacial acetic acid and aqueous media to find out the chemical, petrographic and spatial structure of the organic mass by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques. X-ray parameters of coal like interlayer spacing (d002), crystallite size (Lc), aroamticity (fa), average number of aromatic layers (Nc), and coal rank (I26/I20) have been determined using profile-fitting software. Considerable variation is observed in treated coals in comparison to the demineralized coals. The d002 values of treated coals have increased in both the media showing increase in disordering of organic moieties. A linear relationship has been observed between d002 values with the volatile matter of the coals. Similarly, the d002 values show linear relationship with Cdmf contents for demineralized as well as for the treated coals in both the media. The Lc and Nc values have decreased in treated coals corresponding to demineralized coals. The present study shows that nitration in both the media is capable of removing the aliphatic side chains from the coals and aromaticity (fa) increases with increase in rank and shows a linear relationship with the vitrinite reflectance. The corresponding I26/I20 values are least for treated coals in glacial acetic acid medium followed by raw and then to treated coals in aqueous medium. FTIR studies show that coal arenes of the raw coals are converted into nitro-arenes in structurally modified coals (SMCs) in both the media, the corresponding bands at 1550–1490 and 1355–1315 cm−1 respectively. FTIR study confirms that nitration is the predominant phenomenon, though, oxidation and nitration phenomena takes place simultaneously during treatment with nitric acid to form SMCs. In comparison to raw coals, the SMCs show higher aromaticity and may be easily converted to coal derived products like activated carbon and specialty carbon materials.

scholarly journals Perborate Oxidation of Substituted 5-Oxoacids in Aqueous Acetic Acid Medium: A Kinetic and Mechanistic Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Shree Devi ◽  
B. Muthukumaran ◽  
P. Krishnamoorthy
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Acid Medium ◽  
Reaction Rate ◽  
Reaction Medium ◽  
Activation Parameters ◽  
Reaction Rates ◽  
Mechanistic Study ◽  
Aqueous Acetic Acid ◽  
Sodium Perborate ◽  
Acetic Acid Medium

Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of substituted 5-oxoacids by sodium perborate in aqueous acetic acid medium have been studied. The reaction exhibits first order both in [perborate] and [5-oxoacid] and second order in [H+]. Variation in ionic strength has no effect on the reaction rate, while the reaction rates are enhanced on lowering the dielectric constant of the reaction medium. Electron releasing substituents in the aromatic ring accelerate the reaction rate and electron withdrawing substituents retard the reaction. The order of reactivity among the studied 5-oxoacids is p-methoxy ≫ p-methyl > p-phenyl > –H > p-chloro > p-bromo > m-nitro. The oxidation is faster than H2O2 oxidation. The formation of H2BO3+ is the reactive species of perborate in the acid medium. Activation parameters have been evaluated using Arrhenius and Eyring’s plots. A mechanism consistent with the observed kinetic data has been proposed and discussed. Based on the mechanism a suitable rate law is derived.

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