Über Acetylnitrat

Synthesis of Dinitro-Substituted Furans, Thiophenes, and Azoles

“…15 Direct nitration is still the most commonly used method for the preparation of nitrothiophenes. Thus, for instance, benzoyl nitrate, 16 acetyl nitrate 17 and various mixtures of nitric acid and acetic anhydride 18 are effective nitrating agents for thiophene itself. Other routes such as cyclization are less convenient or general.…”

Nitration of Organic Compounds With Organic and Inorganic Nitrates and Nitroxyl Chloride

“…1-24 (15°C). Acetyl nitrate was synthesized by PICTET and KHOTINSKY [9] in the following way: nitric anhydride, obtained by distilling concentrated nitric acid over P2O5, was added in equal portions to acetic anhydride in which it dissolved without appreciable increase in the temperature of the reaction mixture. To separate acetyl nitrate from excess acetic anhydride the reaction product was distilled under vacuum at 70 mm and 22°C (distillation at ordinary pressure being accompanied by inter action of acetyl nitrate and acetic anhydride forming tetranitromethane).…”

STUDIES OF RDX AND RELATED COMPOUNDS: XI. THE CONVERSION OF PHX TO AcAn

“…I t is also of interest to observe that acetyl nitrate can be prepared by a vacuum distillation of mixtures of nitrogen pentoxide with acetic anhydride (4,16). For personal use only.…”

“…CIGI Differentiating [14'] and [16] with respect to x, eliminating dy/dx between these equations, taking the limit of the resultant equation a t x = 0 and neglecting a very small term involving df/dx (which is justified at x = 0) Using this equation, the concentration of nitrate ion, y, a t x = 0 was estimated from the limiting slope of a plot k,, vs. x (cf. ( y -2) = const.…”