Nitrolysis

Nitrolysis is a chemical reaction involving cleavage ("lysis") of a chemical bond concomitant with installation of a nitro group (NO₂). 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, (O₂NNCH₂)₃, a trinitramide widely used as an explosive.^[1]

RDX is a widely used explosive material that is produced by the nitrolysis reaction of hexamine.