Cyclodextrin Nitrate Ester/H2SO4 as a Novel Nitrating System for Efficient Synthesis of Insensitive High Explosive 3-Nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one

Deshmukh MB; Wagh ND; Sikder AK; Borse AU; Dalal DS

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.53, No.50, 19375-19379, 2014

Deshmukh MB, Wagh ND, Sikder AK, Borse AU, Dalal DS

A highly efficient and novel protocol for the synthesis of 3 nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) using cyclodextrin nitrate ester (CDN) as a solid and safer catalysts is described.