Reactivity Documentation
Nitriles |
mixed with |
Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic |
Summary
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
- Polymerization hazard: Polymerization reaction may become intense and may cause pressurization
Details
Nitriles
is a reactive group.
Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic
is a reactive group.
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Nitriles
mixed with
Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic
Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic
Hazard Predictions
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
- Polymerization hazard: Polymerization reaction may become intense and may cause pressurization
Silver nitrate can initiate the explosive polymerization of acrylonitrile (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 69).
Nitration mixtures, such as 2-cyanopropyl nitrate in acetonitrile, are potentially explosive (Bretherick, L. 1996. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards. Fifth Ed. Urben, P.G., Ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, MA. Vol. 2, p 231).