Small Cation-Based High-Performance Energetic Nitraminofurazanates

Yongxing Tang; Chunlin He; Lauren A Mitchell; Damon A Parrish; Jean'ne M Shreeve

doi:10.1002/chem.201602171

Small Cation-Based High-Performance Energetic Nitraminofurazanates

Chemistry. 2016 Aug 8;22(33):11846-53. doi: 10.1002/chem.201602171. Epub 2016 Jun 29.

Authors

Yongxing Tang¹, Chunlin He¹, Lauren A Mitchell², Damon A Parrish³, Jean'ne M Shreeve⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 83844-2343, USA.
² Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
³ Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue, Washington, D.C., 20375, USA.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 83844-2343, USA. jshreeve@uidaho.edu.

PMID: 27356077
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602171

Abstract

Large nitramino-substituted furazan anions were combined with small cations (hydroxylammonium, hydrazinium, and ammonium) to form a series of energetic salts that was fully characterized. The structures of several of the compounds (1 a, 2 a, 3 a, and 4 a) were further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Based on their physiochemical properties, such as density, thermal stability, and sensitivity, together with the calculated detonation properties, it was found that they exhibit good detonation performance and have potential application as high-energy-density materials.

Keywords: energetic materials; furazans; heterocycles; nitramines; small cations.