Energetic oxygen-containing tetrazole salts based on 3,4-diaminotriazole

Energetic mono- and dicationic 3,4-diaminotriazolium salts have been prepared by combining stoichiometric amounts (1:1 or 2:1 molar ratio) of 3,4-diaminotriazole with various oxygen-containing tetrazoles, and the structures have been confirmed by single-crystal XRD for the first time. All structures are dominated by a strong hydrogen-bond network owing to both amino groups and oxygen in the molecule. All salts, except 7, exhibit excellent thermal stabilities with decomposition temperatures over 200C. Based on experimental densities and theoretical calculations carried out by using the Gaussian 03 suite of programs, all salts have calculated detonation pressures (20.3-33.9 GPa) and velocities (7095-8642 ms^-1).