title: Potassium 4,5-Bis(dinitromethyl)furoxanate: A Green Primary Explosive with a Positive Oxygen Balance.
abstract: Potassium 4,5-bis(dinitromethyl)furoxanate was synthesized readily from cyanoacetic acid. It was characterized by IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, NMR spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and the structure was confirmed by X-ray single-crystal diffraction. Its positive oxygen balance, high density (2.130 g cm(-3)), sensitivity (IS=2 J, FS=5 N), and calculated heat of formation (-421.0 kJ mol(-1)), combined with its calculated superior detonation performance (D=7759.0 m s(-1), P=27.3 GPa), make it a competitive replacement as a green primary explosive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2343 (USA).
authors.forename: Chunlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2343 (USA). jshreeve@uidaho.edu.
authors.forename: Jean'ne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shreeve
mesh_terms: D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D053834:Explosive Agents; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D053834:Explosive Agents; D010100:Oxygen
keywords: energetic materials; furoxans; heterocycles; oxygen balance; primary explosives