Theoretical investigation on detonation performances and thermodynamic stabilities of the prismane derivatives

Based on DFT-B3LYP/6-311G** method, the molecular geometric structures of polynitramineprismanes are fully optimized. The detonation performances, energy gaps, strain energies, as well as their stability were investigated to look for high energy density compounds (HEDCs). Our results show that all polynitramineprismanes have high and positive heat of formation. To construct the relationship between stabilities and structures, energy gaps and bond dissociation energies are calculated, and these results show that the energy gaps of prismane derivatives are much higher than that of TATB (0.1630). In addition, the C-C bonds on cage are confirmed as trigger bond in explosive reaction. All polynitramineprismanes have large strain energies, and the strain energies of all compounds are slightly smaller than prismane, which indicated that the strain energies were somewhat released compared to prismane. Considering the quantitative criteria of HEDCs, hexanitramineprismane is a good candidate of high energy compounds.