thumb|right|200px|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 (NO<sub>2</sub>). 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, (O<sub>2</sub>NNCH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>, a trinitramide widely used as an explosive.<ref name=Ull>{{cite book|first1=Jacques|last1=Boileau|first2=Claude|last2=Fauquignon|first3=Bernard|last3=Hueber|first4=Hans H.|last4=Meyer|chapter=Explosives|title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry|page=641|year=2009|publisher=Wiley-VCH|location=Weinheim|doi=10.1002/14356007.a10_143.pub2|isbn=978-3-527-30385-4 }}</ref>
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Category:Chemical reactions Category:Nitration reactions