N-Nitrosarcosine: An Economic Precursor for the Synthesis of New Energetic Materials
Thomas M Klapötke1, Burkhard Krumm1, Regina Scharf1
1Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5-13 (D), 81377, Munich, Germany.
Abstract:
New energetic compounds have been synthesized starting from the readily available N-(cyanomethyl)-N-methylamine. From this, N-nitrosarcosine was prepared in few steps, which serves as a starting material for the synthesis of oxygen-rich compounds. The compounds were thoroughly characterized including multinuclear NMR and vibrational spectroscopy and also molecular structures by single X-ray diffraction were obtained. Their energetic properties were determined including the sensitivities towards impact and friction, their heat of formations were calculated and the detonation and combustion parameters were predicted using EXPLO5 V6.02.
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