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[*] posted on 26-4-2019 at 12:54


Quote: Originally posted by Laboratory of Liptakov  
In this thread, I feel like a student who listens to the debate of several university professors of chemistry.....:D...LL


It's like Russian to me too. :cool:

But they seem to be making progress




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[*] posted on 13-10-2019 at 02:00


On the preceding page I posted this interesting compound
and have attached the related Journal article which describes the compound at the bottom of page 321 of the article.

Quote: Originally posted by Rosco Bodine  

Here is an interesting compound where hexamethylene tetramine is shown to bridge complex 2 copper compounds, and such a scheme might work for copper DDNR similarly as it does for copper azide and may be useful as a desensitizer integrated on a molecular level. Other metal salts might also be susceptible.

For the complex if it would form with copper DDNR, there would be 4 of the mono-acid DDNR molecules in a compound having 2 copper atoms bridged by hexamethylene tetramine. If the hypothetical compound forms, it may be possible to use the benign ammonium DDNR as a precursor. Whether the speculated compound will form at all or whether any troublesome hydrate may be an issue is completely unknown, since the hypothetical compound is unreported and may be novel.

Glycine should similarly bridge complex 2 copper molecules, and may work better for the same purpose.


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The solubility in ammonia makes this compound interesting for its potential to form a double salt or mixed salt with glycine or hexamine complexed copper perchlorate. Even a cocrystallized mixture could have interesting enhanced properties for incorporation of the azide content.

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[*] posted on 20-9-2020 at 15:40


Dipicric acid or DIPAM can be obtained in low yield by direct nitration of 3'3-dihydroxybiphenyl or in very good yield by oxidation of 3,3'-Dimethyl-2,2',4,4',6,6'-Hexanitrobiphenyl. Reference: "ADOLPH, HORST G., JOSEPH C. DACONS, and MORTIMER J. KAMLET. Heat Resistant Explosives. XI. An Unusual Oxidation Reaction Leading to 3, 3'-Dihydroxy-2, 2', 4, 4', 6, 6'-Hexanitrobiphenyl (Dipicric Acid, DIPA). No. NOLTR-62-32. NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD, 1962."

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Would it be possible to selectively reduce a single nitro group on one of the rings using the copper/ascorbic acid reduction scheme due to immediate precipitation as the cuprous salt? Would the resulting mono or diamine derivative be able to diazotize forming a DDNP molecule bridged to a picric acid ring or two DDNP molecules attached to each other? Would the former be able to form salts? Or would the biphenyl bond in such a molecule be very unstable/susceptible to hydrolysis?

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[*] posted on 12-4-2021 at 07:59


Picramic acid can act as a base, i.e. with isopicramic sulfate forming when picramic acid is combined with sulfuric acid. Could isopicramic perchlorate be a viable energetic? The perchlorate anion would make the OB a bit better, although it still would be far from 0.
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[*] posted on 26-12-2022 at 08:45
DDNP/Diazo


This thread sort of expanded from DDNP into theoretical diazo heterocycles in search of unknown primary explosives. I've read through the thread and I dont think there was an Ullmanns reference but I'm not going to read through it again to double verify it. So here is Diazo industrial preparation pdf that explains a bit about practical behavior and character of diazo materials with a perspective of dye stuff production.

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There is also recent interest and discussion of complexes in the thread so in support of readers interested in that topic, these are about inorganic diazo and dinitrogen complexes and organic diazo heteroaromatics.

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[*] posted on 4-4-2023 at 14:01


Is there any good papers for the deacetylation of picric acid?
And DDNP synnthesis?




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[*] posted on 4-4-2023 at 14:23


Quote: Originally posted by Raid  
Is there any good papers for the deacetylation of picric acid?
And DDNP synnthesis?


There is a 10 page thread dedicated to what you have just asked http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=433

I suggest you also read this thread that you have just posted in, it contains all of the information that you need.
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[*] posted on 5-4-2023 at 06:41


Thanks for the info :)



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[*] posted on 17-5-2023 at 11:29


I am not sure if this info has been posted on another thread, but If you're looking for potassium or sodium nitrite for your DDNP synthesis then I have a solution for you!
It's very simple. Get some potassium or sodium nitrate and heat it in a metal cup with a blowtorch under direct flame until molten and no more oxygen bubbles appear.
I have not gotten the exact temp at which the nitrate salt decomposes to form nitrite but it is said to be from 550c to 790c. A blowtorch should be able to get to that temp with no problem. Also if you're wondering what gas I was using it was just propane without any added oxygen.
Some more things to consider when making the sodium nitrite. make sure you use a METAL reaction vessel aluminum will not work because it would react with the molten KNO3 or NaNO3 and decompose further than it should have. Also make sure to clean your reaction vessel very very very well. If there is even a small amount of contaminants it will show up in your final product and will be very hard to get out.

Personally I think this method is much better then all of the other methods on the thread about nitrate reduction and is MUCH faster and will save you loads of time and reagent because the yield is nearly 100%, probably around 97% or something.

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I'm guessing someone will try to move this post over to the thread about nitrate reduction, but I would appreciate it if you kept it here or made a copy and put it on that thread. I'm saying this because I think this is valuable information to the people that are wanting to make DDNP and are having a hard time getting or making a nitrite salt. Also the thread about nitrate reduction is old and hard to find. This info would be much more convenient for people to look on here and find what they are looking for.
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[*] posted on 26-5-2023 at 22:21


Quote: Originally posted by Raid  
I am not sure if this info has been posted on another thread, but If you're looking for potassium or sodium nitrite for your DDNP synthesis then I have a solution for you!
It's very simple. Get some potassium or sodium nitrate and heat it in a metal cup with a blowtorch under direct flame until molten and no more oxygen bubbles appear.
I have not gotten the exact temp at which the nitrate salt decomposes to form nitrite but it is said to be from 550c to 790c. A blowtorch should be able to get to that temp with no problem. Also if you're wondering what gas I was using it was just propane without any added oxygen.
Some more things to consider when making the sodium nitrite. make sure you use a METAL reaction vessel aluminum will not work because it would react with the molten KNO3 or NaNO3 and decompose further than it should have. Also make sure to clean your reaction vessel very very very well. If there is even a small amount of contaminants it will show up in your final product and will be very hard to get out.

Personally I think this method is much better then all of the other methods on the thread about nitrate reduction and is MUCH faster and will save you loads of time and reagent because the yield is nearly 100%, probably around 97% or something.

Note to Admins and Mods:
I'm guessing someone will try to move this post over to the thread about nitrate reduction, but I would appreciate it if you kept it here or made a copy and put it on that thread. I'm saying this because I think this is valuable information to the people that are wanting to make DDNP and are having a hard time getting or making a nitrite salt. Also the thread about nitrate reduction is old and hard to find. This info would be much more convenient for people to look on here and find what they are looking for.


Making nitrite has been a dirty and messy process I find. Thankfully I found a seller from Poland that sells sodium nitrite. I bought 200 grams from them and that should be enough for me for a good long time.

Edit: just some questions about para and ortho-DDNP. Can they be loaded into stainless steel bodies? Also when loaded. How sensitive are they to being pressed by a vise? I did hear from a user that a few drops of methanol is needed to desensitize them before pressing and allowing them to cure in the cap before inserting a fuse/electric match. Is this correct?

[Edited on 27-5-2023 by ManyInterests]
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[*] posted on 18-6-2023 at 10:50


Hi guys,
I want to synthesis DDNP and i don't have Potassium or Sodium nitrite.
So, i want to know that if i can use nitrate salt or Nitric acid?
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[*] posted on 18-6-2023 at 11:59


you can use RFNA or WFNA
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[*] posted on 18-6-2023 at 12:08


Quote: Originally posted by ManyInterests  

Edit: just some questions about para and ortho-DDNP. Can they be loaded into stainless steel bodies? Also when loaded. How sensitive are they to being pressed by a vise? I did hear from a user that a few drops of methanol is needed to desensitize them before pressing and allowing them to cure in the cap before inserting a fuse/electric match. Is this correct?


I would think that it would be safer to use MeOH or EtOH to desensitize the the DDNP but I have never needed to do this before, The DDNP seems to be relatively non-sensitive to Newtonian forces. And yes, DDNP can be packed into stainless steel without compatibly issues. Furthermore DDNP is compatible with almost all transition metals and the DDNP will remain non-effected in contact with these metals for long periods of time.
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[*] posted on 18-6-2023 at 13:45


Quote: Originally posted by Raid  
you can use RFNA or WFNA

Umm...I'm pretty sure a diazotization requires a nitrite.




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[*] posted on 18-6-2023 at 14:26


Quote: Originally posted by Raid  
you can use RFNA or WFNA


Really? How do you perform a diazotization with nitric acid?

Edit: sorry Sir Gawain I did not see your post

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[*] posted on 20-6-2023 at 03:16


Yes, you can use nitric acid or sulfuric acid with a nitrate salt for the nitration of a phenol in the production of picric acid. On a related note, you can't deacetylate picric acid, since there is no acetyl group to remove. I suppose the comment was about deacetylizing acetylsalicylic acid.
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[*] posted on 20-6-2023 at 03:51


Actually i already have Picric acid which i made by nitration of phenol.
And i want of make DDNP out of it! But i don't have nitrite salt and making nitrite from nitrate is very messy work!!!
That's why i'm seeking for any other method which does'nt need nitrite salt.
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[*] posted on 20-6-2023 at 06:37


You have to use a nitrite.



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[*] posted on 20-6-2023 at 09:05


I used a method to produce (organic) nitrite by reducing dilute (ca. 50%) nitric acid with potato starch under heating. This produces a mix of nitrogen oxides that is equivalent to N2O3 which, when absorbed in water produces 2 molar equivalents of HNO2. I absorbed the gas in aqueous isopropanol with ice cubes to produce isopropyl nitrite, but you could lead it into NaOH to produce sodium nitrite. You can also use metallic copper, and doubtless many other things as well, to reduce the nitric acid, but you need the correct concentration of nitric.
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[*] posted on 21-6-2023 at 04:06


This method is looking very difficult!
Any other easy method to make nitrite?
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[*] posted on 21-6-2023 at 08:42


This was recently posted on the 'Preparation of Ionic Nitrites' thread:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BLPoE6Y-ns. This is probably the easiest way.



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[*] posted on 21-6-2023 at 22:34


Easy, but the product is of unknown purity. The test that he does at the end of that video is indeed qualitative, and does not give any indication of purity of the product. That is the advantage of using N2O3 to generate an organic nitrite from an aqueous solution of an alcohol - the organic layer that separates will be practically pure, since the likely contaminant (the nitrate) won't form with this much water in the mix.
You could then react a slight excess of isopropylnitrite with aqueous NaOH to produce pure NaNO2. The water and remaining IPNitrite could then be evaporated.
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[*] posted on 22-6-2023 at 09:36


Yes, but the impure product from almost any method can be purified by conversion to isopropyl nitrite. While your method is simpler and probably far superior, it uses nitric acid, a chemical very difficult to obtain for beginners.



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[*] posted on 22-6-2023 at 12:22


Quote: Originally posted by Raid  

Some more things to consider when making the sodium nitrite. make sure you use a METAL reaction vessel aluminum will not work because it would react with the molten KNO3 or NaNO3 and decompose further than it should have.


What about a glazed porcelain crucible? is it ok?

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[*] posted on 22-6-2023 at 14:51


Quote: Originally posted by fx-991ex  
Quote: Originally posted by Raid  

Some more things to consider when making the sodium nitrite. make sure you use a METAL reaction vessel aluminum will not work because it would react with the molten KNO3 or NaNO3 and decompose further than it should have.


What about a glazed porcelain crucible? is it ok?

[Edited on 22-6-2023 by fx-991ex]


Glazed porcelain would be fine. I would avoid a metal reaction vessel.
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