Nitrolysis is a chemical reaction involving cleavage ("lysis") of a chemical bond concomitant with installation of a nitro group (NO<sub>2</sub>). 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, (O<sub>2</sub>NNCH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>, a trinitramide widely used as an explosive.