Abstract:
1. A process for the purification of pentaerythritol trinitrate which comprises adding water to a solution of pentaerythritol trinitrate in methylene chloride, cooling, with agitation, the mixture thus formed to a temperature between about -10* and about +10*C., and separating the purified pentaerythritol trinitrate in the form of hydrate crystals from the solution, the weight ratio of said methylene chloride being between about 0.5 and about 2 parts for each part of pentaerythritol trinitrate and the weight ratio of said water being at least 1 part for each 50 parts of pentaerythritol trinitrate.
Abstract:
THIS INVENTION RELATES TO THE RELATIVELY LOW TEMPERATURE TREATMENT OF HYDROCARBONS WITH NITRIC OIDE (NO) AND OXYGEN TO RPODUCE NITRATES, NITRITES AND KETONES AND OTHER OXIDATION PRODUCTS. THROUGH THE USE OF ALKALINE INHIBITORS SUCH AS ALKALI METAL BICARBONATES, THE PRODUCTION OF KETONES AND OTHER NON-NITROGEN CONTAINING OXIDATION PRODUCTS CAN BE MINIMIZED WHILE THE PRODUCTION OF ITRATES AND NITRIES ARE MAXIMIZED.
Abstract:
A process for the continuous production of isopropyl nitrate by the continuous distillation of a mixture of easily volatile products from a boiling reaction mixture formed from nitric acid and isopropyl alcohol and into which separate streams of nitric acid and isopropyl alcohol are introduced and in which a urea concentration effective to destroy nitrous acid is maintained is characterized in that there is passed through said boiling reaction mixture undergoing continuous distillation a stream of gas chemically indifferent to it. The indifferent gas may be, e.g., air, nitrogen, carbon dioxide or steam. The isopropyl alcohol and also the nitric acid introduced into the reaction mixture may contain urea. In an example aqueous isopropyl alcohol and nitric acid, both containing urea, are fed into a reactor containing heated aqueous nitric acid also containing urea whilst air is passed through the reaction mixture. Crude isopropyl nitrate is continuously separated from the aqueous distillate. Isopropyl alcohol may be recovered from the aqueous layer of the condensate by fractional distillation after neutralizing the nitric acid present. Specification 379,312 is referred to.