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Synthesis of N,N-dialkylnitramines from secondary ammonium nitrates in liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide

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An efficient explosion-proof method was developed for the preparation of N,N-dialkylnitramines by treatment of dialkylammonium nitrates with a mixture of nitric acid and acetic anhydride in the presence of ZnCl2 in liduid or supercritical carbon dioxide.

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Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1995–1999, October, 2009.

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Kuchurov, I.V., Fomenkov, I.V. & Zlotin, S.G. Synthesis of N,N-dialkylnitramines from secondary ammonium nitrates in liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide. Russ Chem Bull 58, 2058–2062 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11172-009-0282-1

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