Processes for preparing TNAZ

US5824806A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Government of the United States, as Respresented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Daniel Stec, III · Mount Clemens, US
• Ralph L. Perez · Ogdensburg, US
• Paritosh R. Dave · Little Falls, US
• Thomas G. Archibald · Folsom, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 1995
• Grant date: Oct 20, 1998
• Expiry date: May 15, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D205/04
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

TNAZ can be prepared directly from N-tertiarybutyl-3,3-dinitroazetidine compounds. The compounds may be in the form of the tertiary amine or the quaternary amine. The reaction is in the presence of acetic anhydride and nitrate ions. It gives high yields and uses mild conditions.