NITRO DERIVATIVES OF TOLUENE 311TABLE 69Hydrocarbon Molecular proportion
or amine, etc.α− trinitrotoluene/second
componentMelting point
°C Formanthracene 1:1 102.5
acenaphthene 1:1 112.0
phenanthrene 1:1 87.5
fluorene 1:1 85.0
naphthalene 1:1 96.5
aniline
dimethylaniline
diphenylamine
carbazoie
α− naphthylamine
&naphthylamine
benzyl-/?-naphthyhunine
dibenzyl-&naphthylamine
o-toluidine
m-toluidine
benzaldehyde phenyl-
hydrazone1:1
1:1
2:3
1:1
1:1
1:1
1:1
1:1
1:1
1:1
2:183-84- 31.0
~ 140.0
141.5
113.5
106.5
108.0
53-55
62-63
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light red needles
light red needlesdark red needlesElucidation of the constitution of α− rinitrotoluene.................
The constitution of α− trinitrotoluene has been established on the basis of the
following reactions [36]
see eqn. (16) p. 310.