Ammonia → Ammonium nitrate

HRID 1915980Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1915980 reaction equation
[NH2:1][NH2:2].[N+:3]([O-:6])([O-:5])=[O:4].[NH4+].N>>[N+:3]([O-:6])([OH:5])=[O:4].[NH2:1][NH2:2].[N+:3]([O-:6])([O-:5])=[O:4].[NH4+:3]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 222Ammonia2×HCID 9321HydrazineHCID 22985Ammonium nitrate

Product 2

HCID 22985Ammonium nitrateHCID 166817Hydrazine, mononitrate

Procedure

Hydrazine nitrate (HN) was prepared by reacting anhydrous hydrazine with an equivalent amount of ammonium nitrate. Formation took place by displacement of the ammonia as a gas. In production the ammonia would be scavenged by passing it through an aqueous nitric acid solution trap to form ammonium nitrate, which could then be used to prepare more HN. The HN product was purified by crystallization from methanol. This process was quite safe because it eliminated the need to neutralize the hydrazine with nitric acid. The procedure used is as follows.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0d64f0441d1f4304b9ffb109bf28693e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_12
Patent number
US08617327B1

Reaction notes

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