Issue 5, 2009
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Chemical Communications

The crystal structure of β-RDX—an elusive form of an explosive revealed†

David I. A. Millar,a   Iain D. H. Oswald,a   Duncan J. Francis,b   William G. Marshall,b   Colin R. Pulham*a  and  Adam S. Cummingc  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, The University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, UK
E-mail: c.r.pulham@ed.ac.uk
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Tel: +44 (0)131 650 4756

b ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, UK

c Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK

Abstract

The crystal structure of the highly metastable β-form of RDX shows that the molecules adopt different conformations compared to the α-form and that, contrary to previous reports, the β-form obtained at ambient pressure is not the same form as that obtained at elevated temperatures and pressures.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B817966B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Oct 2008
Accepted
11 Nov 2008
First published
05 Dec 2008

Chem. Commun., 2009, 562-564

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The crystal structure of β-RDX—an elusive form of an explosive revealed

D. I. A. Millar, I. D. H. Oswald, D. J. Francis, W. G. Marshall, C. R. Pulham and A. S. Cumming, Chem. Commun., 2009, 562 DOI: 10.1039/B817966B

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