Preparation of ethylenediamine dinitrate

Patent · Thu May 17 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6011780

Lee, K

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
• Application Number: ON: TI85006423
• OSTI ID: 6011780
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
AMINES
NITRATES
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
EXPLOSIVES
EXTRACTION
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SYNTHESIS
450100* - Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense- Chemical Explosions & Explosives