Tris(nitroxymethyl)methylamine and tris(nitroxymethyl)nitrosomethane

Previously unknown tris(nitroxymethyl)methylamine has been synthesised as the free base by nitration of tris(hydroxymethyl)- methylamine with nitryl fluoride; by oxidation of tris(nitroxymethyl)methylamine with sodium nitrite in aqueous nitric acid, tris(nitroxymethyl)nitrosomethane, the first representative of aliphatic nitrates containing a nitroso-group, is prepared for the first time.