Decomposition of the Epoxides Glycidol and Glycidyl Nitrate

Abstract

During chemical desensitization of GTN-containing waste streams with calcium hydroxide the epoxides glycidol and glycidyl nitrate are formed. The epoxide rings of both compounds are unstable to heat in aqueous solutions and open to form glycerol l-mononitrate and presumably glycerol. These transformations are accelerated by microbiological activity. Glycerol l- mononitrate is slowly denitrated to form glycerol. Glycidol and glycidyl nitrate cause base pair substitutions in the Ames test for mutagenicity while glycerol l-mononitrate tests negative.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA101630

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  • A. M. Kaplan
  • D. L. Kaplan
  • J. H. Cornell

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  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

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  • Biomedical

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  • Aqueous Solutions
  • Biodegradation
  • Calcium Hydroxide
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chromatography
  • Decomposition
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  • Environment
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  • Hydroxides
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