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Potassium 4,5‐Bis(dinitromethyl)furoxanate: A Green Primary Explosive with a Positive Oxygen Balance
Author(s) -
He Chunlin,
Shreeve Jean'ne M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201509209
Subject(s) - oxygen balance , chemistry , differential scanning calorimetry , potassium , elemental analysis , detonation , explosive material , infrared spectroscopy , spectroscopy , oxygen , single crystal , cyanoacetic acid , nuclear chemistry , crystallography , analytical chemistry (journal) , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
Potassium 4,5‐bis(dinitromethyl)furoxanate was synthesized readily from cyanoacetic acid. It was characterized by IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, NMR spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and the structure was confirmed by X‐ray single‐crystal diffraction. Its positive oxygen balance, high density (2.130 g cm −3 ), sensitivity (IS=2 J, FS=5 N), and calculated heat of formation (−421.0 kJ mol −1 ), combined with its calculated superior detonation performance ( D =7759.0 m s −1 , P =27.3 GPa), make it a competitive replacement as a green primary explosive.