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8347643 
Journal Article 
A New Method of Preparing the High Explosive RDX 
Bachmann, WE; Sheehan, JC 
1949 
Yes 
Journal of the American Chemical Society
ISSN: 0002-7863
EISSN: 1520-5126 
71 
5 
1842-1845 
English 
A new synthesis of the high explosive cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) is described. From one mole of hexamethylenetetramine it is possible to obtain two moles of RDX by carrying out the nitrolysis at 75° in acetic anhydride in the presence of ammonium nitrate. Two new nitrolysis products of hexamethylenetetramine were discovered. One (HMX) is formed in the RDX reaction; the other (BSX) is produced when the reagents are mixed cold and the temperature is raised slowly. © 1949, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.