Decomposition of aliphatic α-fluorodinitro compounds in the liquid phase

The decomposition of compounds Y[CH2C(NO2)2X]2 (X=NO2 and F; Y=CH2C(O)O and OCH2O) in the liquid phase (melt, solution) was found to proceedvia the same mechanism (homolytic cleavage of the C−N bond) as in the gas phase. Some stabilizing effects of the Oβ atom and independence of the gas evolution rate constant (measured by the yield of final products) on the number of the −C(NO2)2X groups were found and interpreted.