Safe Synthesis of Alkylhydroxy and Alkylamino Nitramines

Simen Antonsen; Marius Aursnes; Harrison Gallantree-Smith; Christian Dye; Yngve Stenstrøm

doi:10.3390/molecules21121738

Safe Synthesis of Alkylhydroxy and Alkylamino Nitramines

Molecules. 2016 Dec 16;21(12):1738. doi: 10.3390/molecules21121738.

Authors

Simen Antonsen¹, Marius Aursnes², Harrison Gallantree-Smith³, Christian Dye^{4

5}, Yngve Stenstrøm⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1433 Ås, Norway. simen.antonsen@nmbu.no.
² Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1433 Ås, Norway. marius.aursnes@farmasi.uio.no.
³ Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1433 Ås, Norway. harrison.gallantree-smith@nmbu.no.
⁴ Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), NO-2027 Kjeller, Norway. Christian.Dye@ife.no.
⁵ Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), NO-2027 Kjeller, Norway. Christian.Dye@ife.no.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1433 Ås, Norway. yngve.stenstrom@nmbu.no.

Abstract

Three different protocols for the syntheses of hydroxyalkylnitramines are presented and compared. Safety issues regarding the synthesis of nitramines are also discussed.

Keywords: AMP; MEA; carbon capture; nitramines; safe method.

MeSH terms

Aniline Compounds / chemical synthesis*
Carbamates / chemistry
Carbon Dioxide / chemistry
Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic*
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Nitric Acid / chemistry
Nitrobenzenes / chemical synthesis*
Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared

Substances

Aniline Compounds
Carbamates
Nitrobenzenes
Carbon Dioxide
Nitric Acid
nitramine