High-energy-density materials based on 1-nitramino-2,4-dinitroimidazole

Abstract

New energetic salts based on 1-nitramino-2,4-dinitroimidazole were successfully synthesized. The salts were fully characterized by 1H, 13C NMR and IR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and elemental analyses. The salts were found to have good physical and detonation properties. The structure of guanidinium salt (3) was further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The densities of the energetic salts ranged between 1.70 and 1.93 g cm−3 as measured by a gas pycnometer. The detonation pressures and velocities calculated by the EXPLO5 code ranged within 29.3–40.5 GPa and 8370–9209 m s−1, respectively.