Question

What is called mixing of nitric acid and methanol?

Answer 1

It can be produced by the condensationof nitric acid and methanol:[3]

CH3OH + HNO3 → CH3NO3 + H2O

Methyl nitrate can be produced on a laboratory or industrial scale either through the distillation of a mixture of methanol and nitric acid, or by thenitration of methanol by a mixture ofsulfuric and nitric acids