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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1981

Filed:

Jan. 28, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:

Ronald L Atkins, Ridgecrest, CA (US);

Arnold T Nielsen, China Lake, CA (US);

William P Norris, Ridgecrest, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
564441 ;
Abstract

Trinitrotoluene is selectively reduced by reaction with H.sub.2 S in p-dine to produce 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene. This latter compound is then nitrated with HNO.sub.3 in H.sub.2 SO.sub.4 to produce pentanitroaniline which is, in turn, reacted with NH.sub.3 in benzene, methylene chloride or another suitable solvent to produce triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB). TATB is useful as an explosive.


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