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Formulas and TNT degradation schemes

 

Formulas

1 TNT 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
2 ADNT Amino-dinitro-toluenes
3 DANT Di-amino-mononitro-toluenes
4 TAT Tri-amino-toluene
5 TNB 1,3,5-Trinitro-benzene
6 DNT Di-nitro-toluenes
7 RDX Royal Demolition EXplosive (Hexogen)
8 HMX 1,2,3,5,7-tetratrinitro-1,3,5,7-tetraazacyclooctane
(His Majesty's EXplosive (octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine)
9 Tetryl 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-methylnitramine
10 Hexyl 2,2',4,4',6,6'-hexanitrodiphenylaminel
11 TNBA  2,4,6-trinitrobenzoic acid
12 4-ADNBA 4-amino-2,6dinitrobenzoic acid
13 2-ADNBA 2-amino-4,6dinitrobenzoic acid
14   4-ADNBA and 2-ADNBA
15   Formulas of the oxidized TNT metabolites: TNBA, 4-ADNBA and 2-ADNBA
16 MNT MNT = Mono-Nitrotoluenes

TNT degradation schemes

1

Feller 1992: TNT degradation

2 Rivera et al.1998: TNT degradation in plants
3 Burken et al. 2002: TNT degradation in plants
4 Schoenmuth & Pestemer 2003: TNT degradation and possible binding sites for TNT metabolites

 

last updated: 21.10.04 18:10 by BerndSchoenmuth@yahoo.de