Alkyl nitrate
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Many alkyl alcohols will dehydrate to an ester on addition of nitric acid with loss of water. This process, called nitration, causes the formation of a nitroxy group on the carbon atom.
- MeOH + HNO3 → MeONO2 + H2O
Contents
Single Alcohol Nitrate Esters
Non-Cyclic Alkyl Polyol Nitrate Esters
- Ethylene glycol / Ethylene glycol dinitrate
- Propylene glycol / Propylene glycol dinitrate
- Glycerol / Glycerol trinitrate (nitroglycerin)
- Erythritol / Erythritol tetranitrate
- Xylitol / Xylitol pentanitrate
- Sorbitol / Sorbitol hexanitrate
- Isosorbitol / Isosorbitol dinitrate
- Mannitol / Mannitol hexanitrate
- Pentaerythritol / Pentaerythritol tetranitrate
