206 CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY OF EXPLOSIVES
Holleck and Perret [51] gave the following diagrammatic presentation of nucleo-
philic addition of the OH- or CN- ion to sym- trinitrobenzene in alkaline medium
(X=OH- or CN-):According to Angeli and Angelico [52], and later Meisenheimer [38], aromatic
nitro compounds react with hydroxylamine to form aminonitro derivatives. Thus,
Angeli obtained 1-nitro-4-naphthylamine from 1-nitronaphthalene:(27)