Sodium Bicarbonate → 3,3-Dinitroazetidine

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3,3-dinitroazetidinium trifluoromethanesulfonate (2.0 g, 0.0067 mole) was dissolved in 20 ml of water and neutralized with sodium bicarbonate (0.62 g, 0.0074 mole). The free base was extracted into chloroform (3×5 ml) and dried over sodium sulfate. The chloroform was removed under vacuum to quantitatively give the resultant product, 3,3-dinitroazetidine (0.98 g) as a colorless to light yellow oil.

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