Nitrolysis


Nitrolysis is a chemical reaction involving cleavage of a chemical bond concomitant with installation of a nitro group. Typical reagents for effecting this conversion are nitric acid and acetyl nitrate. A commercially important nitrolysis reaction is the conversion of hexamine to nitramide. Nitrolysis of hexamine is also used to produce RDX, 3, a trinitramide widely used as an explosive.