Aktiebolaget Bofors

Nobel Kemi Ab

Boris Holm

Erik Bengtsson

This invention relates to a method of manufacturing ortho- and para-nitrobenzaldehyde from o-chloro or o-bromobenzaldehyde and p-chloro or p-bromobenzaldehyde respectively through a nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction performed in an organic solvent.

Method of manufacturing o- and p-nitrobenzaldehyde

The invention deals with a method for temporarily eliminating those risks associated with transporting, storing and generally handling particle formed solid explosive substances. According to the invention this is achieved (desensitizing the explosive substance) by mixing the said explosive substance with a non-explosive substance which relative to the explosive substance is an inert particle formed solid material (desensitizing substance) having by and large the same particle size as that of the explosive substance. Salts, and in particular calcium chloride, containing chloride ions have been shown to be excellent as desensitizing substances. A mixture of trinitrobenzene (TNB) and calcium chloride (CaCl.sub.2) where the content of CaCl.sub.2 is greater than or equivalent to 55% by weight should not be classified as an explosive substance.

Method for desensitizing particle formed solid explosive substances

A method of producing alkandiol-diaminobenzoates which includes esterifying nitro-benzoic acid and certain diols in a melt and then dissolving the intermediate in a solvent sparingly soluble in water such as an aromatic hydrocarbon, an ether or an ester and reducing with hydrogen gas.

Method of producing alkandiol-diaminobenzoates

Preparation of nitro compounds of phenols and alkyl substituted derivatives thereof which includes nitrosating phenols or alkyl derivative thereof, oxidizing the nitroso compound, separating off nitrogen oxides, separating nitro compounds from reaction mixture, and subjecting mother liquor and washing liquids to destructive oxidation at elevated temperatures and recycling nitrogen oxides and nitric acid.

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