Issue 5, 2020

Theoretical evaluation of hexazinane as a basic component of nitrogen-rich energetic onium salts

Abstract

In the present paper, we report a comprehensive theoretical evaluation of a hypothetical compound, hexazinane (cyclo-H6N6), and its 10 onium salts as high-energy density materials. Crystal structure prediction, which included dynamical and mechanical stability criteria estimation, found a P21/c space group crystal structure to be the lowest energy polymorph. Prediction of the chemical reactivity parameters of a hexazinane molecule revealed a strong basic character comparable with those of secondary and tertiary aliphatic amines. The onium salts of hexazinane with the carbon-free inorganic anions (NxOy) and with several low carbon content organic anions demonstrate excellent detonation characteristics. Hexazinanium nitrate H7N6+NO3 has detonation performance comparable with ε-CL-20, the most powerful non-nuclear explosive known. The corresponding salts with dinitramide N(NO2)2 and nitrite NO2 anions have only slightly lower characteristics more powerful than all known explosives, except for ε-CL-20 and octanitrocubane. The reported “green” energetic materials also demonstrate excellent propulsive performance, and, if synthesized, these may find potential applications as solid rocket propellants.

Graphical abstract: Theoretical evaluation of hexazinane as a basic component of nitrogen-rich energetic onium salts

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Jan 2020
Accepted
14 May 2020
First published
14 May 2020

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2020,5, 1003-1011

Theoretical evaluation of hexazinane as a basic component of nitrogen-rich energetic onium salts

S. V. Bondarchuk, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2020, 5, 1003 DOI: 10.1039/D0ME00007H

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