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AROMATIC N1TRO COMPOUNDS
dhnethylaniline, and is prepared industrially by the nitration of
the latter. The course of the reactions is first the introduction of
two nitro groups in the nucleus, then the removal of one of the
FIGURE 50. Commercial Sample of Tetryl (20 X) Material crystallized in this
form pours easily and may be made into pellets by machinery
methyl groups by oxidation, then the introduction of a third nitro
group in the nucleus, and finally the replacement of the amino
hydrogen by a nitro group.
NO.
CH. H
A-
CHj HCH.
NO.
w \N/
NO. NO, NO.