Trinitroethylorthocarbonate

Trinitroethylorthocarbonate also known as TNEOC is an organic compound with the chemical formula Template:Chem2. It is an oxidizer with excellent chemical stability.Template:Citation needed 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.

$\underset{\mathrm{C}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{b}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{h}\mathrm{l}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{d}\mathrm{e}}{\mathrm{C}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{l}{\phantom{A}}_4}+\underset{\mathrm{T}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{h}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{l}}{4\mathrm{H}\mathrm{O}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{H}{\phantom{A}}_2\mathrm{C}(\mathrm{N}\mathrm{O}{\phantom{A}}_2){\phantom{A}}_3}\stackrel{\mathrm{F}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{l}{\phantom{A}}_3}{\to }\text{TNEOC}+4\mathrm{H}\mathrm{C}\mathrm{l}$

References

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