Reactivity Documentation
Nitro, Nitroso, Nitrate, and Nitrite Compounds, Organic |
mixed with |
Metal Hydrides, Metal Alkyls, Metal Aryls, and Silanes |
Summary
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
- Flammable: Reaction products may be flammable
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
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May produce the following gases:
- Ammonia
Details
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Metal Hydrides, Metal Alkyls, Metal Aryls, and Silanes
Hazard Predictions
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
- Flammable: Reaction products may be flammable
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Nitromethane reacts explosively with LiAlH4 (Nystrom, R.F. et al. 1948. Journal of the American Chemical Society 70:3739; Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 2544).
Nitromethane may produce explosive salts with NaH (Pearson, A.J. et al. 1980. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 202:178).
Nitromethane ignites on contact with many alkyl metal halides, especially those of aluminum and zinc (Traverse, G. 1957. U.S. Patent 2 775 863).
Aliphatic nitro compounds can be reduced to amines with lithium aluminum hydride (Cartolano, A. R. and Vedage, G. A. 2004. Amines by Reduction. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (Online)).
Diethylzinc reacts violently with nitro compounds (Leleu, J., Cahiers de Notes Documentaires, 1977, (88), 371).
Potential Gas Byproducts
- Ammonia (NH3)