X CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY OF EXPLOSIVESDinitro derivatives of phenol...................
Physical properties......................
Chemical properties......................
Toxicity of dinitrophenols...................
Principles of preparation of nitrophenols............
Manufacture of dinitrophenol by direct nitration............
Manufacture of dinitrophenol by chlorodinitrobenzene hydrolysis.......
Picric acid...........................
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496CHAPTER XIV. MANUFACTURE OF PICRIC ACIDPrinciples of manufacture..............................
Nitration of phenol...............................
Nitration of dinitrophenol............................
Method based on phenol nitration.........................
Nitration methods using dilute nitric acid or mixtures of nitric acid and sodium nitrate....
Continuous nitration of phenolsulphonic acid...................
Nitration with concentrated acid.........................
Dinitrophenol nitration methods..........................
Methods of nitrating benzene in the presence of mercuric salts ............
Literature...................................CHAPTER XV. OTHER NITRO DERIVATIVES OF PHENOLSPicric acid isomers....................
“Isopicric acid”....................
Picric acid salts....................
Ammonium picrate.................
Guanidine picrate.................
Danger produced by picrates..............
Tetra- and penta-nitro derivatives of phenol............
Tetranitrophenol.................
Pentanitrophenol.................
Nitro derivatives of cresol............
2,4,6-Trinitro-m-cresol...............
Manufacture of trinitro-m-cresol............
Nitro derivatives of arylphenols............
Nitro derivatives of 3-hydroxydiphenyl............
Nitro derivatives of polyhydric phenols..............
Dinitroresorcinol ...............
Trinitroresorcinol (styphnic acid)........
Trinitrophloroglucinol................
Dinitropyrocatechol ..............
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