1,3,5‐Trinitroso‐ and 1,3,5‐trinitrohexahydro‐1,3,5‐triazine‐2H6

Abstract Perdeuteration of 1,3,5‐trinitrosohexahydro‐1,3,5‐triazine was brought about by treatment with potassium alkoxide in CH 3 O 2 H(99.5%). The important high energy compound, 1,3,5‐trinitrohexahydro‐1,3,5‐ triazine (RDX), was obtained in its perdeuterated modification (>99% 2 H) by oxidation of the perdeuterated trinitrosamine with a mixture of nitric acid (100%) and hydrogen peroxide (30%).