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ALIPHATIC NITRO COMPOUNDS^599

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Ponzio [95] obtained unstable aromatic azo derivatives of trinitromethane

(of the type III) by reacting the ammonium salt of trinitromethane with diazonium

salts:

III

W. S. Reich [96] prepared aromatic derivatives of trinitromethane (of the

type IV) by acting with the silver salt of nitroform on ar-alkyl chlorides, as for

example p- nitrobenzyl chloride :

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IV

In a similar way he obtained compound V from w,w',w''-triiodomesitylene:

V

Compounds of this type are powerful explosives.

LITERATURE

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