Michael-type reactions of 1, 1, 4, 4tetranitrobutane (T), 1, 1, 5, 5-tetranitropentane (11), and I, l, b, g-tetranitrohexane (111) with a molar excess of acceptor, such a~ acrylic acid, methyl acrylate, acrylonitrile, acrolein, methyl vinyl ketone, methyl vinyl sulfone, and nitroethylene, afford a, w-bisadducts in each case. Either the free a, a, o, w-tetranitroalkanes or their a, w- bismethylol derivatives can be employed, the latter being demethylolated in situ. The ...
