1420. ------. [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, A. G.] [Process for Producing Aliphatic and Cycloaliphatic Nitrohydrocarbons.] German Patent Appl. -. OZ 14,924. filed Aug. 21, 1944. TOM Reel 17, item 33, frames 971-974.

Alphatic and cycloaliphatic nitrohydrocarbons are produced by treating aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbons with N₂O₄ without the addition of H₂O and at increased temperature and pressure. The reaction is carried out in homogeneous liquid phase. Suitable raw materials are hexane, isooctane, cyclopentane, decahydronaphthalene and mixed saturated aliphatic and cycloaliphatic hydrocarbons. The raw materials may be obtained through the hydrogentaion of CO or through the hydrogenation of brown or bituminous coal, or from aromatic-free petroleum oils.