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RDX is a widely used explosive material that is produced by the nitrolysis reaction of hexamine.

Nitrolysis is a chemical reaction involving cleavage ("lysis") of a chemical bond concomitant with installation of a nitro group (NO2). Typical reagents for effecting this conversion are nitric acid and acetyl nitrate. A commercially important nitrolysis reaction is the conversion of hexamine to nitramide. Nitrolysis of hexamine is also used to produce RDX, (O2NNCH2)3, a trinitramide widely used as an explosive.[1]

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  1. ^ Boileau, Jacques; Fauquignon, Claude; Hueber, Bernard; Meyer, Hans H. (2009). "Explosives". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. p. 641. doi:10.1002/14356007.a10_143.pub2.
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