The kinetics for the alkaline homogeneous hydrolysis of l, l, l-trimethylolethane trinitrate (MTN) in 95% ethanol-water with sodium hydroxide concentrations between 0.25 and 2.1 M and temperatures between 50.0 and 60.0" C have been investigated. One mole of MTN was found to react with 3 mol of base and to hydrolyze by a series of consecutive and competitive bimolecular and internal cyclization reactions involving three nitrate ester intermediates to ...
