The use of trifluoroacetyl as an N- And O-protecting group during the synthesis of energetic compounds containing nitramine and/or nitrate ester groups

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-31

  Bellamy, Anthony J ^a   MacCuish, Alistair ^a   Golding, Peter ^b   Mahon, Mary F ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AWE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

N Trifluoroacetylation; Nitration; Nitrolysis; O Trifluoroacetylation; Protection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; AMINES; ESTERS; NITRATES; PROPANE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

N-TRIFLUOROACETYLATION; O-TRIFLUOROACETYLATION; PROTECTION; TRIFLUOROACETYL;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 34547425935     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200700004     Document Type: Article

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