Issue 43, 2021

Strong intermolecular interaction induced methylene-bridged asymmetric heterocyclic explosives

Abstract

The design and synthesis of novel energetic materials with high energy and acceptable sensitivity is significant for the military and civil fields. In this study, a methylene-bridged asymmetric heterocyclic explosive based on strong intermolecular interactions, namely N-(1-((5-(nitroimine)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl) methyl)-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)nitroimine (4), was designed and synthesized. Its ammonium salt (5) and potassium coordination polymer (6) were also synthesized. The structures of compounds 4, 5 and 6 were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Independent gradient model (IGM) analyses and Hirshfeld surfaces (HS) analyses combined with single crystal analyses revealed the existence of intermolecular interactions in the three compounds. The strong intermolecular hydrogen-bonding, π⋯π, and p⋯π interactions enhance the molecular packing efficiency of 4, leading to high density and acceptable sensitivity. Detonation properties calculated with the professional software package EXPLO5 showed that the new metal-free explosive 4 exhibits superior detonation performance (D = 9296.8 m s−1; P = 38.3 GPa) which is comparable to that of HMX.

Graphical abstract: Strong intermolecular interaction induced methylene-bridged asymmetric heterocyclic explosives

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Aug. 2021
Accepted
22 Sept. 2021
First published
22 Sept. 2021

CrystEngComm, 2021,23, 7635-7642

Strong intermolecular interaction induced methylene-bridged asymmetric heterocyclic explosives

Y. Wang, J. Ye, N. Yang, H. Ma, Y. Zhang and Z. Guo, CrystEngComm, 2021, 23, 7635 DOI: 10.1039/D1CE01083B

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