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Pagepreface .................................
Classification of explosives ........................
Literature ..............................
CHAPTER I. NITRATION AND NITRATING AGENTSGeneral information...........................
Nitric acid ...............................
Nitric acid in admixture with other mineral acids .............
Earlier works ............................
More recent studies. .........................
Application of kinetic studies to elucidate the structure of nitrating mixtures....
Conclusions .............................
Literature ..............................CHAPTER II. NITRATION THEORIESNitration as an addition reaction....................
Nitration as a double exchange reaction.................
Orientation of nitro groups .....................
Side reactions in the nitration process..................
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78CHAPTER III. NITRATION AGENTS AND METHODS MORE RARELY USEDNitration of alkenes and alkynes with concentrated nitric acid. ............
Nitration with dilute nitric acid. ....................
Electrolytic nitration..........................
Nitration with nitric acid vapour....................
Nitrogen dioxide ...........................
Nitration with nitrogen dioxide alone ................
Nitration with nitrogen dioxide in the presence of sulphuric acid ..... ...
Nitration with nitrogen dioxide in the presence of Friedel-Crafts catalysts
Nitration with nitrogen dioxide in the presence of activated silica ...... ..
Photonitration with nitrogen dioxide .................
Nitrogen pentoxide (nitric anhydride) ..................
Nitryl chloride (nitronium chloride, NO 2 Cl) ...............
Nitryl fluoride (nitronium fluoride, NO 2 F)................
Nitrogen trioxide (nitrous anhydride) ..................
Nitric acid in the presence of mercuric nitrate..............
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