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A Highly Stable and Insensitive Fused Triazolo-Triazine Explosive (TTX)
Dheeraj Kumar1, Gregory H Imler2, Damon A Parrish2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 83844-2343, USA.
Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|November 19, 2016
Abstract:
A fused-ring conjugated energetic molecule, 4-amino-3,7-dinitro-[1,2,4]triazolo[5,1-c] [1,2,4]triazine (TTX), has been synthesized in good yield in a two-step process starting from the known 5-amino-3-nitro-1H-1,2,4-triazole (ANTA). Characterization of TTX shows that it possesses energetic properties approaching those of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane (RDX), but with a higher thermal stability and lower sensitivity towards impact and friction.