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Preparation of ethylenediamine dinitrate

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OSTI ID:6011780
Method for the preparation of ethylenediamine dinitrate. Ethylenediamine dinitrate, a useful explosive, may readily be prepared by solvent extraction of nitrate ion from an acidic aqueous solution thereof using a high-molecular-weight, water-insoluble amine dissolved in an organic solvent, and reacting the resulting oraganic solution with ethylenediamine. The process of the instant invention avoids the use of concentrated nitric acid, as is currently practiced, resulting in a synthesis which is far less hazardous, especially for large quantities of the explosive, and more efficient.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
None
Application Number:
ON: TI85006423
OSTI ID:
6011780
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English