1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene is an organic compound with the formula C₆H₃(NO₂)₃. It is one of three trinitrated benzene-derivatives. A pale yellow solid, the compound is highly explosive.
What is the use of trinitrobenzene?
Uses and applications
It is primarily used as a high explosive compound for commercial mining and military applications. It has also been used as a narrow-range pH indicator, an agent to vulcanize natural rubber, and a mediating agent to mediate the synthesis of other explosive compounds.
How do you make trinitrobenzene?
1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene can be prepared by nitrating m-dinitrobenzene,1 and by heating 2,4,6-trinitrobenzoic acid or its sodium salt with water, alcohol, dilute sodium carbonate, or other suitable solvent.
