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How is nitroglycerine prepared from glycerol?

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Solution :When glycerol is treated with a well COOLED mixture of CONCENTRATED sulphuric acid and fuming nitric acid, nitroglycerine is formed.
`underset(CH_(2)OH)underset(|)overset(CH_(2)OH)overset(|)(CHOH) + 3HONO_(3) overset("Conc" H_(2)SO_(4)) to overset(CH_(2)ONO_(2))overset(|)underset("Nitroglycerine")underset(|)(CHONO_(2)) + 3H_(2)O`


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