Method for the production of high-purity triaminotrinitrobenzene

Patent · 31 December 1976

OSTI ID:862870

Benziger, Theodore M ^[1]

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1. Santa Fe, NM

Triaminotrinitrobenzene is readily formed by the nitration of 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene to 1,3,5-trichloro-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene followed by amination to triaminotrinitrobenzene. The purity of the triaminotrinitrobenzene is significantly improved if, during the amination step, sufficient water is present that the byproduct ammonium chloride formed during the amination is rendered at least semideliquescent.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4032377
• OSTI ID: 862870
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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