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Synthesis of High Density Insensitive Energetic Tetraazapentalene Derivatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

M. L. Trudell ,
G. Subramanian ,
G. Eck  and
J. H. Boyer
M. L. Trudell
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, mltcm@uno.edu
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Abstract

An improved nitration procedure has been developed for the synthesis of y-Tacot (3). The synthesis of y-DBBD (8) has been completed in three steps from 3 in 37% yield. y-DBBD (8) was found to be thermally stable up to 274 °C (decomposed) and insensitive to impact (hammer blow). Nitration of z-BDDB (6) and y-DBBD (8) gave carbonyl derivatives resulting from in situ hydroysis/oxidation of the corresponding tetranitro derivatives z-TBBD (7) and y-TBBD (9), respectively.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 418: Symposium GG – Decomposition, Combustion, and Detonation Chemistry of Energetic Materials , 1995 , 37
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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