Trifluoroacetic acid → (2,2,2-Trinitroethoxy)ethene

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Following the procedure described in Examples I and II, divinyl ether and 2,2,2-trinitroethanol (X) were reacted for 60.25 hours in methylene chloride in the presence of red mercuric oxide and trifluoroacetic acid. A 25.9% yield of 2,2,2-trinitroethyl vinyl ether was obtained after elution with carbon tetrachloride through the neutral alumina (pH 7.3) column, followed by column chromatographic removal of 2,2,2-trinitroethanol in hexane through 60/200 mesh SiO2.

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