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Trinitroethylorthocarbonate

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Trinitroethylorthocarbonate

Trinitroethylorthocarbonate also known as TNEOC is an oxidizer with excellent chemical stability. Its explosion point is 238 °C, and it begins to be decomposed at 200 °C. Its explosion heat is 5.797 J/g and specific volume is 694 L/kg. Its structure is closely related to that of trinitroethylorthoformate (TNEOF). Both are highly explosive and very shock-sensitive, and may be dissolved in nitroalkanes to reduce their shock-sensitivity.

Synthesis

Trinitroethanol reacts with carbon tetrachloride under a catalyst of FeCl3.

CCl 4 Carbon   tetrachloride + 4 HOCH 2 C ( NO 2 ) 3 Trinitroethanol FeCl 3 TNEOC + 4 HCl

References

Trinitroethylorthocarbonate Wikipedia