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Reactivity Documentation

Nitro, Nitroso, Nitrate, and Nitrite Compounds, Organic

mixed with

Bases, Strong

Summary

Details

Bases, Strong is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Bases, Strong mixed with
Nitro, Nitroso, Nitrate, and Nitrite Compounds, Organic

Hazard Predictions

Many nitro compounds are sensitized by bases (Makovky, A. et al. 1958. Chemical Reviews 58:631; Capellos, C. et al. 1982. Chemical Abstracts 96:88003; Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 2527, 2544, 3246.), or may react violently with strong bases (Bretherick, L. 1976. Chemistry and Industry 576; Lewis 2544, 2553.).

Nitrobenzene may explode spontaneously on contact with bases (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 2518.), and other aryl nitro compounds may explode on contact with bases upon slight heating (Merz, V. et al. 1981. Berichte. 4:981-982.).

Halogenated nitro compounds are particularly reactive with bases. Mixtures of KOH and 4-chloronitrobenzene easily deflagrate (Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 706.); NaOH reacts violently with trichloronitromethane (Scholtz, S. 1963. Explosivestoffe 11:159,181.); and sodium methoxide and trichloronitromethane react violently and exothermically.