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When 1,5-enedomethylene-3,7-dinitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazacycloöctane (DPT) is nitrolyzed with nitric acid – ammonium nitrate mixture the products are cyclic trimeric and tetrameric methylenenitramines (RDX and HMX). When the ammonium nitrate in this nitrolysis mixture is replaced by anhydrides such as nitrogen pentoxide or acetic anhydride then terminally esterified linear poly-methylenenitramines such as 1,9-dinitroxy-2,4,6,8-tetranitro-2,4,6,8-tetrazanonane and the 1,9-diacetoxy analogue respectively are obtained. Replacement of this nitric acid – anhydride mixture by acetyl nitrate does not produce the same type of nitrolysis. It is therefore concluded that nitric acid and an anhydride act independently, the former as a nitrolyzing agent and the latter as an esterifying agent. Alternatively the presence of ammonium nitrate serves to promote esterification and/or promote demethylolation.

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The compound designated by Emil Fischer as 2,5-dihydroxypiperazine has been shown to be tris-aminomethyltrioxane by molecular weight determination of its derivatives. These benzoyl and benzenesulphonyl chloride derivatives further demonstrate the absence of hydroxyl groups and the presence of primary amino groups in the original compound. It has been found that use of ammonium carbonate, but not ammonium chloride, enhances the yield of aminoacetal obtained by ammonolysis of chloroacetal.