A study of factors influencing the yield of products resulting from the addition of nitric acid to ethylene oxide (oxirane) compounds has been made. For reactions in aqueous solutions, it was demonstrated that the ratio of nitrated products to side products was directly proportional to the ratio of nitrate ion (in moles per liter) to water (in moles per liter) at a given temperature. Several new nitrato alcohols have been prepared in good yield by two ...
