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Q. The consituent of the powerful explosive RDX is formed during the nitration of

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Solution:

RDX is prepared by treating urotropine with fuming nitric acid. When the inner bridge system is destroyed by oxidation and the peripheral nitrogen atom are nitrated, it forms cyclonitrite (or RDX).