Perhaps you Ruskies should check this out.
Nitromethane manufacture from sodium nitrite in the presence of methyl esters acting as methylation agents.
Gareev, G. A.; Pershin, N. S.; Bovt, V. V. (Russia). Russ. (1999),
RU 2138478 C1 19990927 Patent written in Russian.
Process for the continuous manufacture of nitromethane from dimethyl sulfate and sodium nitrite using a three-reactor cascade.
Gareev, G. A.; Svirskaya, L. G.; Pershin, N. S.; Men'shov, V. N. (Russia). Russ. (1998),
RU 2109728 C1 19980427 Patent written in Russian.
Production of nitromethane from dimethyl sulfate and sodium nitrite.
Gareev, Gegel A.; Svirskaya, Liana G.; Pershin, Nikolaj S. (Gareev, Gegel A., Russia; Svirskaya, Liana G.; Pershin, Nikolaj S.). Russ. (1997),
RU 2076094 C1 19970327 Patent written in Russian.
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