Production of 5-nitrotetrazole salts
AssigneeThe Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
InventorsLeslie Raymond Bates, John Michael Jenkins
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Abstract
Silver and mercury 5-nitrotetrazole salts are prepared by forming an acid solution of a complex of cupric 5-nitrotetrazole with an aliphatic chelating amine and adding to the acid solution a solution of a soluble silver or mercury salt. The silver or mercury 5-nitrotetrazole salt is precipitated and filtered off. The cupric 5-nitrotetrazole amine complex may first be decomposed by reacting with a mixture of nitric acid and a nitrite and the silver or mercury salt solution then added to precipitate the corresponding 5-nitrotetrazole salt. The silver and mercury nitrotetrazole salts are useful as explosives.
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A method of preparing a silver or mercury 5-nitrotetrazole, which comprises forming an acid solution of a complex of cupric 5-nitrotetrazole with an aliphatic chelating amine, adding to said acid solution at a temperature of at least 50.degree. C, a solution of a soluble silver or mercury salt to precipitate the required 5-nitrotetrazole salt, and filtering off the 5-nitrotetrazole salt.
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