Abstract: | Twelve equilibrium constants have been measured from 16 for sequential-parallel reactions in meso-erythritol nitration to the fully nitrated compound in aqueous HNO3. Free-energy changes during nitration of the aliphatic polyatomic alcohols, glycerol and meso-erythritol, are highest when diprimary dinitrates (NOON) and (NON) are produced.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2248–2253, October, 1991. |