Nitration
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: October 1989
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9783527266982
Subjects: Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies; Organic chemistry
First sentence: Nitration is defined as the reaction between an organic compound and a nitrating agent (generally nitric acid or its derivatives) to introduce a nitro group on to a carbon atom (C-nitration) or to produce nitrates (O-nitration) or nitramines (N-nitration).