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2,4,6-trinitroanisole
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Trinitroanisole is a chemical compound that exists as pale yellow crystals with a melting point of 68 °C. It is highly toxic. It is an explosive with a detonation velocity of 7200 meters per second. The compound's primary hazard is a blast of an instantaneous explosion, not flying projectiles or fragments.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H5N3O7
- Molecular weight
- 243.13 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-methoxy-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene
- SMILES
- COC1=C(C=C(C=C1[N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-]
- InChIKey
- FMXDVBRYDYFVGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.7
- Polar surface area
- 147 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 7
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 243.0127495
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- chemical formula
- C₇H₅N₃O₇
- Commons category
- 2,4,6-Trinitroanisole
- canonical SMILES
- COc1c([N+](=O)[O-])cc([N+](=O)[O-])cc1[N+](=O)[O-]
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Trinitroanisole is a chemical compound that exists as pale yellow crystals with a melting point of 68 °C. It is highly toxic. It is an explosive with a detonation velocity of 7200 meters per second. The compound's primary hazard is a blast of an instantaneous explosion, not flying projectiles or fragments.
==Synthesis== Trinitroanisole was first prepared in 1849 by the French chemist Auguste Cahours by reacting p-anisic acid (French: acide anisique) with a mixture of sulfuric acid and fuming nitric acid.
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