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Studies into reactions of N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) and its hydrates with cyanuric chloride

T Rosenau, A Potthast, P Kosma

Index: Rosenau, Thomas; Potthast, Antje; Kosma, Paul Tetrahedron, 2002 , vol. 58, # 49 p. 9809 - 9815

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Abstract

The course of the reaction between N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO, 1a) and cyanuric chloride (2) is strictly dependent on the hydrate water content of the amine oxide. In solid phase, both substances undergo an explosion-like, extremely exothermic reaction. In solution, this process becomes controllable and leads to a quantitative degradation of NMMO into morpholine and formaldehyde, with 2 only acting as an inducing agent. The ...