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Hydrogen Peroxide Solvates of 2,4,6,8,10,12‐Hexanitro‐2,4,6,8,10,12‐hexaazaisowurtzitane
Author(s) -
Bennion Jonathan C.,
Chowdhury Nilanjana,
Kampf Jeff W.,
Matzger Adam J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201607130
Subject(s) - hydrogen peroxide , detonation , peroxide , chemistry , detonation velocity , materials science , organic chemistry , explosive material
Two polymorphic hydrogen peroxide solvates of 2,4,6,8,10,12‐hexanitro‐2,4,6,8,10,12‐hexaazaisowurtzitane (CL‐20; wurtzitane is an alternative name to iceane) were obtained using hydrated α‐CL‐20 as a guide. These novel H 2 O 2 solvates have high crystallographic densities (1.96 and 2.03 g cm −3 , respectively), high predicted detonation velocities/pressures (with one solvate performing better than ϵ‐CL‐20), and a sensitivity similar to that of ϵ‐CL‐20. The use of hydrated materials as a guide will be important in the development of other energetic materials with hydrogen peroxide. These solvates represent an area of energetic materials that has yet to be explored.