Challenging the limits of the oxygen balance of a pyrazole ring

Wenjin Zhang, Yiling Yang, Yuchuan Wang, Teng Fei, Yu Wang, Chenghui Sun*, Siping Pang

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Abstract

3,4,5-Trinitropyrazole was successfully functionalized with the trinitromethyl group to give 1-trinitromethyl-3,4,5-trinitropyrazole (3), which was structurally characterized by IR, NMR, elemental analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 3 exhibits a super-high density (2.006 g cm−3 at 170 K, 1.964 g cm−3 at 296 K), excellent oxygen balance (+18.1 %), and good thermal stability (160 ℃). With X-ray data and quantum computing, the intermolecular interactions of 3 was carefully studied to investigate its structure–property relationship. The high density, excellent oxygen balance, good thermal stability, along with its green feature (chloride free) make compound 3 a potential replacement for ammonium perchlorate (AP) and ammonium dinitramide (ADN) in solid propellants.

Original languageEnglish
Article number138609
JournalChemical Engineering Journal
Volume451
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2023

Keywords

  • 1-trinitromethyl-3,4,5-trinitropyrazole
  • Diazoacetone
  • Green energetic oxidiser material
  • High crystal density
  • Thermal stability

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Zhang, W., Yang, Y., Wang, Y., Fei, T., Wang, Y., Sun, C., & Pang, S. (2023). Challenging the limits of the oxygen balance of a pyrazole ring. Chemical Engineering Journal, 451, Article 138609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.138609