Energetic Functionalized Azido/Nitro Imidazole Fused 1,2,3,4-Tetrazine

Yongxing Tang, Chunlin He, Ping Yin, Gregory H. Imler, Damon A. Parrish, Jean'ne M. Shreeve*

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Abstract

Despite the high potential of the azo-coupled fused tricyclic 1,2,3,4-tetrazine ring system in energetic materials, there are only very limited examples of such a scaffold. The oxidation of di-N-amino compound 1 with tert-butyl hypochlorite (tBuOCl) gives rise to the unexpected chloro-substituted compound 2, which behaves as a precursor to the structurally attractive diazido/nitro-substituted fused tricyclic 1,2,3,4-tetrazine 3. The structure is well characterized and is supported by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 3 was found to be a highly energetic and sensitive explosive.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2273-2276
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume2018
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 May 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Azido group
  • Azo coupling reaction
  • Energetic materials
  • Imidazole
  • Nitrogen heterocycles

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