The invention relates to a method for synthesizing tri-amino trinitrobenzene (
TATB) by
trinitrotoluene (TNT), belonging to the field of
organic synthesis technology. The method comprises the following steps of: dissolving the TNT into the concentrated
nitric acid, heating up, adding the saturated water solution of the
sodium chlorate, reacting, cooling and filtering to obtain the TNBA; adding the TNBA into the water, stirring, adding the
sodium hydroxide water solution, filtering, heating up the filter liquor to perform the
decarboxylation reaction, cooling, filtering and
drying to obtain the TNB; dissolving the TNB into
reagent, adding the TNB into turbid liquid mixed by the ammoniation
reagent, the
sodium methylate and the
reagent, and stirring; and heating up, cooling after the reaction, pouring into the
distilled water, adjusting the PH value to be neutral or weakly acidic by the
acetic acid, stewing, filtering in a pumping way, washing with water, and
drying to obtain the
TATB. The method takes the TNT as the
raw material and uses the chrome-free technology in the oxidizing reaction to avoid the environment
pollution, uses a small quantity of the reagent during the aminating reaction to increase the concentration of the reactant and optimize the dynamic conditions, and uses a small quantity of the ammoniation reagent and the sodium methylate to reduce the cost.