Comparative research on promising energetic 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane structures

Kaidi Yang; Fuqiang Bi; Junlin Zhang; Qi Xue; Jiarong Zhang; Kunkai Wang; Bozhou Wang

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07 2022

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103947

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10.1016/j.arabjc.2022.103947

Comparative research on promising energetic 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane structures

Kaidi Yang, Fuqiang Bi, Junlin Zhang, Qi Xue, Jiarong Zhang, Kunkai Wang, Bozhou Wang

State Key Laboratory of Fluorine & Nitrogen Chemicals, Xi’an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi’an 710065, China

Received: 2022-3-15, Accepted: 2022-5-1,

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Abstract

The additional carbon centers in 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane enable them to covalently bonded geminal-explosophoric groups, leading to unique energetic properties when compared with their homologous energetic structure like RDX. In this paper, a concise synthesis and comparative studies towards 1,3,5-(trinitro1,3-diazinane-5-yl) methyl nitrate and (3,5-dinitro-1,3-oxazinan-5-yl) methyl nitrate (TNOP), two energetic 1,3-diazinane/1,3-oxazinane based promising explosive molecules, are reported. The new germinal nitro/nitroxy explosophoric moieties in the 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane frameworks lead to novel structural and energetic properties, which have been investigated through both experimental and computational methods. Densities of the obtained compounds are 1.83 g·cm⁻³ and 1.72 g·cm⁻³, respectively, along with the detonation velocities of 8714 m·s⁻¹ and 8112 m·s⁻¹. The energetic properties of TNNP are comparable to those of RDX. Meanwhile, the low melting point (105 °C) and excellent insensitivity (IS﹥60 J, FS﹥360 N) of TNOP make it an ideal material for the preparation of melt-cast explosives.

Keywords

Chemical diversity

Concise synthesis

Insensitive energetic materials

Melt-cast explosive

Eutectic system

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1 Introduction

Energetic material is the key component in the developing of advanced explosives and propellants (Zhou et al., 2021; Anbu et al., 2019; Zhang et al., 2016 ). From structural perspective, most energetic materials are composed of a molecular framework bearing covalently bonded explosophoric groups. The combinations of molecular frameworks and the explosophoric groups determines the final structural and energetic properties of the energetic materials, and the comparative research on the homologous or similar energetic structures is significant in the understanding of the roles of different molecular frameworks as well as the explosophoric groups (Labarbera and Zikry, 2015; Fu et al., 2022). Early molecular frameworks for energetic materials were based on carbon frameworks, after that, part of the CH or CH₂ units in carbon frameworks are replaced by N or NH units. Typical examples include cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (Zhang et al., 2020; Gao et al., 2017) (RDX, ρ = 1.80 g·cm⁻³, D = 8741 m·s⁻¹) and cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (Wang et al., 2021) (HMX, ρ = 1.89 g·cm⁻³, D = 9110 m·s⁻¹), which are still the most important and widely applied energetic materials worldwide (Pang et al., 2020; Chinnam et al., 2020). With a hexahydrotriazinane framework, RDX achieves impressive characteristics of high stability, high enthalpy of formation and high nitrogen content. Similar to hexahydrotriazinane framework, 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane frameworks have also been regarded as promising frameworks for the design and synthesis of advanced energetic materials (Kumar et al., 2012; Yang et al., 2021; Katorov et al., 2009; Yang et al., 2020 ). Compared with their energetic hexahydrotriazinane derivatives, energetic materials based on 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane frameworks exhibit comparable detonation performances but superior structural diversity since different explosophoric groups, like nitro, nitramine and nitroxy, could be implemented together, achieving novel energetic properties. Recently, research towards energetic structures based on the combinations of 1,3-diazinane/1,3-oxazinane frameworks and geminal-explosophoric groups attracted more intensive attentions. For instance, energetic 1,3-diazinane structures like tetranitro1,3-diazinane (Yang et al., 2021) (DNNC, ρ = 1.82 g·cm⁻³, D = 8763 m·s⁻¹) showed comprehensive performance equivalent to that of RDX. Meanwhile, energetic 1,3-oxazinane structures, such as 3,5,5-trinitro-1,3–1,3-oxazinane (TNTON, ρ = 1.79 g·cm⁻³, m.p. = 79 °C, D = 8322 m·s⁻¹) and 5-azido-3,5-dinitro-1,3–1,3-oxazinane (ADTON, ρ = 1.56 g·cm⁻³, m.p. = -46 °C, D = 7495 m·s⁻¹) showed acceptable performances as potential melt-casting explosive candidate and energetic plasticizer(Xue et al., 2019; Duan et al., 2020); respectively. From a practical standpoint, the synthesis of the frameworks as well as their functionalized derivatives should be concise, reliable and scalable in order to provide a promising foundation for industrial scale-up. However, the applications of all these energetic materials are seriously restricted due to the long synthetic routes and high costs (Katorov et al., 2014; He et al., 2010).

Herein, we reported the first concise synthesis towards 1,3,5-(trinitro1,3-diazinane-5-yl) methyl nitrate (TNNP) and (3,5-dinitro-1,3-oxazinan-5-yl) methyl nitrate (TNOP), in which nitro, nitramino and nitroxy groups are bonded in a single molecular framework. The desired compounds were achieved based on a concise synthesis with low-priced raw materials of nitromethane and formaldehyde. The single crystal structures of TNNP and TNOP were cultured for the first time and analyzed through x-ray crystallography technique; meanwhile, their energetic properties, thermal behaviors and safety performances were investigated through both experimental and computational methods. To further improve the energy of melt cast explosive TNOP, the low eutectic characteristics of TNOP and 3,4-di(3-nitrofurazan-4-yl)furoxan (DNTF) were systematically studied. The results show that TNOP and DNTF can form low eutectic, and the energy level is significantly higher than that of TNOP.

2 Experimental

Caution! Although we have experienced no explosion accident during the synthesis and characterization, adequate protection should be adopted.

2.1

2.1 Materials and instruments

DNTF used in this study was supplied by Xi’an Modern Chemistry Research Institute. ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR spectra of TNNP and TNOP were recorded on 500 MHz (Bruker AVANCE 500) nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers. The samples were dissolved in solvent Acetone- d₆. The melting and decomposition points were determined using a differential scanning calorimeter (TA Instruments Company, Model DSC–Q200) at a flow rate of N₂ at 50 mL min⁻¹. About 0.5 mg of the sample was sealed in aluminium pans for DSC analysis. Infrared spectra were obtained from KBr pellets on a Nicolet NEXUS870 Infrared spectrometer in the range of 4000 ∼ 400 cm⁻¹. Elemental analysis (C, H and N) were performed on a VARI–El–3 elementary analysis instrument.

The impact and friction sensitivities were determined using the BAM method.

2.2

2.2 Synthetic procedures

2.2.1

2.2.1 (1,3-Di-tert-butyl-5-nitro1,3-diazinane-5-yl) methanol (DtDNP)

To a stirred solution of nitromethane (0.7 g, 11.5 mmol) in 5 mL water at room temperature, sodium hydroxide solid (0.92 g, 23 mmol) were added to the system for 30 min. Then 37% formaldehyde solution (3.0 g, 37.8 mmol) was added to the mixture and stirred for 3 h. Finally, tertbutyl- amine (1.76 g, 24.1 mmol) was added dropwise over 45 min. The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 20 h. The slight yellow solid DtDNP (1.6 g) was collected by filtration, recrystallized and washed with water with a yield of 51.18%.

¹H NMR (500 MHz, Acetone‑d₆) δ:1.01(d, 18H), 2.81(d, 1H), 2.99(dd, 2H), 3.68(dd, 2H), 4.00(d, 1H), 4.50(m, 2H); ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, Acetone‑d₆) δ:25.40, 46.90, 50.32, 52.35, 69.25, 80.90, 88.34; IR (KBr, ν/cm): 3032, 2983, 1553, 1380, 1346, 952, 868, 762; Anal. Calcd. for C₁₃H₂₇N₃O₃ (%): C 57.14, H 9.89, N 15.38. Found C 57.11, H 9.98, N 15.44.

2.2.2

2.2.2 (1,3,5-Trinitro1,3-diazinane-5-yl)methyl nitrate (TNNP)

5 mL 98% concentrated nitric acid was cooled to −5°C in an ice water bath, and 8 mL trifluoroacetic anhydride was added dropwise to the solution. Then a mixture of DtDNP (0.3 g) in 9 mL acetonitrile was slowly added to the acid solution. When the addition was completed, the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to 25°C, stirring for 8 h, and then poured onto ice. The resulting precipitate was collected by filtration, washed with water, and dried to give a white solid (1,3,5-trinitrohexahydropyrimidin-5-yl)methyl nitrate (0.21 g) with a yield of 64.62%.

¹H NMR (500 MHz, Acetone‑d₆) δ:4.47(d,J = 16.0 Hz, 2H), 5.32(s,2H), 5.38(d, J = 14.6 Hz, 1H), 5.49(d, J = 15.0 Hz, 2H), 7.10–6.89(m, 1H): ¹³C NMR (126 MHz, Acetone‑d₆) δ:48.69, 58.82, 70.88, 83.01; IR (KBr, ν/cm):3083, 3032, 2976, 1567, 1543, 1385, 1344, 1284, 996, 941, 848; Anal. Calcd. for C₅H₈N₆O₉ (%): C 20.27, H 2.70, N 28.38. Found C 20.57, H 2.93, N 27.98.

2.2.3

2.2.3 (4-Tert-butyl)-5-nitro-1,3-oxazinane-5-yl) methanol (DtNOP)

To a stirred solution of nitromethane (10 g, 66.2 mmol) in 40 mL methanol, t-butylamine(9.6 g, 131.3 mmol) were drop slowly to the solution for stirring 30 min. Then 37% formaldehyde methanol solution (5.3 g, 65.4 mmol) was added in one portion. After reaction for 3 h, the purified product DtNOP (11.1 g, 77.68%) as white crystal was obtained through preparative chromatography.

¹H NMR (800 MHz, CDCl₃) δ: 4.35(m, 3H), 4.06(dd, 2H), 3.93(d, 1H), 3.24(dd, 2H), 2.29(s, 1H), 1.10(s, 9H). ¹³C NMR (200 MHz, CDCl₃) δ: 87.28(s), 81.45(s), 68.41(s), 64.70(s), 52.95(s), 49.26(s), 26.56(s). IR (KBr, ν/cm): 3686, 3232, 2976, 2882, 1544, 1485, 1367, 1232, 1153, 1092, 1008, 948, 880, 837, 742, 607. Anal. Calcd For C₉H₁₈N₂O₄ (%), C, 49.53, H, 8.31, N, 12.84. Found (%), C, 49.38, H, 8.45, N, 12.95.

2.2.4

2.2.4 (3,5-Dinitro-1,3-oxazinan-5-yl)methyl nitrate (TNOP)

The same nitrification conditions like TNNP were carried out with the raw materials of DtNOP. After reaction, the acid mixture was poured in the ice and extract with CH₂Cl₂. A slight yellow solid TNOP (0.2 g) were obtained through washing and dry with the yield of 59.82%.

¹H NMR(500 MHz, DMSO‑d₆) δ:4.38(d, J = 12.8 Hz, 1H), 4.57(d, J = 15.7 Hz, 1H), 4.67(dd, J = 12.8 Hz, 1H), 5.17(dd, J = 19.9,7.8 Hz, 3H), 5.42(d,J = 15.7 Hz, 1H), 5.85(dd,J = 11.5,0.7 Hz, 1H); ¹³C NMR(126 MHz,DMSO‑d₆) δ:47.96, 68.77, 70.82, 77.33, 83.56; IR(KBr,ν/cm):3040, 2927, 1668, 1656, 1563, 1535, 1394, 1349, 1279, 1074, 868; Anal. Calcd For C₅H₈N₄O₈ (%): C 23.82, H 3.20, N 22.22. Found C 23.85, H 3.26, N 21.91 (see Fig. 1).

Representative nitramine energetic compounds.

3 Results and discussion

3.1

3.1 Synthesis of TNNP and TNOP

The methods for constructing the framework of 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane from tri(hydroxymethyl) nitromethane or 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol have been reported in our previous research papers (Yang et al., 2021; Xue et al., 2019; Yang et al., 2021 ). At present, a new two-step synthesis approach for TNNP and TNOP from simple and readily available raw materials is proposed, and the synthetic pathway is shown in Fig. 2.

By adjusting the amount of tert-butylamine, the condensation reaction system can selectively form different skeletons (1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane). And then the target energetic compounds (TNNP and TNOP) are synthetized in the nitrating system (CF₃CO)₂O/HNO₃. However, there is a puzzling issue that no target product can be obtained via a number of nitrating reagents, such as HNO₃, (CH₃CO)₂O/HNO₃, HNO₃/H₂SO₄, NH₄NO₃/(CH₃CO)₂O, and P₂O₅/HNO₃. While nitrating reagents with stronger nitrating capacity could destroy the N-heterocyclic skeleton, systems with weaker nitrating capacity could not replace the t-butyl group with energetic nitro group.

3.2

3.2 Single-crystal X-ray diffraction

Single crystals of the two high-energy and low-sensitivity energetic compounds TNNP and TNOP, which are suitable for X-ray crystal-structure determination, are obtained from mixed organic solvent with ethyl acetate and petroleum ether. The crystal structures of TNNP and TNOP are shown in Fig. 3(a) and 3(b) with a crystal density of 1.831 g·cm⁻³ and 1.722 g·cm⁻³. Similar parent skeletons with identical energetic substitution groups may only vary little in crystal structures. TNNP is crystallized in the monoclinic space group P2₁ with two molecules per unit cell, while TNOP is crystallized in the orthorhombic space group Pbca with eight molecules per unit cell (Fig. 3(c) and 3(d)).

(a) Single-crystal X-ray structure of TNNP; (b) Single-crystal X-ray structure of TNOP; (c) 3D crystal structure of TNNP; (d) 3D crystal structure of TNOP; (e) Step-by-step enlarged view of TNNP; (f) Step-by-step enlarged view of TNOP.

According to the crystal structure analysis, the skeletons of 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane show chair conformation with a relatively low potential structure. To lower the energy, most substituent groups are located in the equatorial bond. On the contrary, for the germinal nitro and methyl nitrate ester group in C-5, steric effect would be the main factor that places the nitro group in the axial bond. Based on Fig. 3(c) and 3(d), there are abundant hydrogen bonds between molecules and it is the strong interaction force that bonds the molecules closely. The hydrogen-bond interaction also helps disperse charge and improve stability. Similar to 3(c) and (d), (e) and (f) show regular images, packing layer by layer. For either TNNP or TNOP, the average C—N bond length is about 1.45 Å, shorter than that of a typical C—N single bond (1.48 Å). And the average C—C bond length in 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazanane is also 0.02 Å shorter than a typical C—C single bond (Zhang et al., 2020). Shorter single bond length helps stabilize the two parent skeletons. Introduction of the methyl nitrate ester group has greater impact on the 1,3-diazinane skeleton of TNNP. The N—N bond length is quite different (1.368 Å and 1.406 Å), mainly due to configuration of the methyl nitrate ester group in C-5. When the group moves closer towards one end, the strong conjugate action would attract the nitro group and cause changes in the bond length.

3.3

3.3 Hirshfeld and electrostatic potential analysis

Hirshfeld surface analysis and electrostatic potential analysis are two primary means to identify weak intermolecular weak interactions and gain more insights into the relationship between sensitivity and intermolecular interaction (Spackman and Jayatilaka, 2019; Spackman and McKinnon, 2002). Herein, Hirshfeld surfaces of TNNP and TNOP associated with 2D fingerprint spectra are employed to investigate their intermolecular interactions with the results presented in Fig. 4. There are three regions, i.e., red, blue and white, in the Hirshfeld surface, respectively representing longer, closer and the distance of contacts equal to exactly the V_dW separation with a d_norm value of zero. The red area appearing on the surface mainly results from intermolecular hydrogen bonds. In comparison of TNNP, TNOP possesses less “hot spots” on its surface, indicating higher stability.

(a) Hirshfeld surface of TNNP; (b) 2D fingerprint plot of TNNP; (c) Hirshfeld surface of TNOP; (d) 2D fingerprint plot of TNOP; (e) Comparison of the percentage of close interactions in TNNP and TNOP.

The 2D fingerprint plots can also reveal the relationship between stability and intermolecular interactions. Higher number of O—H and N—H bonds leads to decreasing sensitivity and increasing stability as the interaction force is weaker. O—O interactions usually increase the sensitivity of the energetic compound (Zhai et al., 2019; Fischer et al., 2014). As shown in the calculated results, O—H interactions account for 58.8% in TNOP, higher than that in TNNP. In contrast, O—O interactions of TNOP are 22.9%, also lower than 23.3% of TNNP. Compared with other 1,3-diazinane energetic materials we synthesized previously, the Hirshfeld and 2D finger plots indicate that TNNP and TNOP have an acceptable sensitivity performance, which is in good agreement with the crystal analysis and experimental results. Meanwhile, the N—H interactions of TNNP are also much higher than that of TNOP, which could account the high melting point of TNNP as well.

Surface electrostatic potential (ESP) analysis is a universal tool to interpret and predict the reactive behaviors of molecules with high proton-affinity (Murray et al., 1995; Murray et al., 2009; Politzer and Murray, 2015 ). To clarify the distribution of electrons in similar skeletons and figure out the differences in sensitivity, ESP analysis is conducted for TNNP and TNOP with Multiwfn 3.0.1 based on the Gaussian at B3LYP/6-31+g(d,p) level with optimized structures (Lu and Chen, 2012). The maximal and minimal values of the potential points are marked as shown in Fig. 5. It is widely accepted that the extent and density of electropositive potential surfaces are positively associated with impact sensitivity. According to the results, negative electrostatic potential is mainly concentrated on C-N and C-O bonds on the 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane ring. On the contrary, positive electrostatic potential accumulates around the energetic groups. Due to the more uniform charge distribution and smaller extremum, TNOP shows a better impact sensitivity than TNNP, which could further explain the sensitivity experimental results.

Calculated ESPs of energetic compounds: (a) TNNP and (b) TNOP (the value of the isosurface is 0.001 e·bohr3).

3.4

3.4 Thermal behaviors

Thermal stability is an important parameter to consider in applications (Kissinger, 1957). The thermal behaviors of TNNP and TNOP are investigated and compared, as shown in Fig. 6. Since TNNP and TNOP have similar nitrogen six-numbered heterocyclic framework and the same substituent groups, i.e., C-NO₂, N-NO₂ and -ONO₂, they show partial similarity in the thermal behaviors. Tests are conducted by DSC-TG at a heating rate of 10 °C·min⁻¹ in N₂ atmosphere.

DSC and TG curves of (a) TNNP and (b) TNOP.

The decomposition processes of TNNP and TNOP are similar, which contain endothermic melting and exothermic decomposition. The melting point of TNNP is 142.7 °C and its initial one is 134.4 °C, slightly higher than that of TNOP (peak of melting point of 105.3 °C and initial one of 95.5 °C). However, because of the almost the same chemical environment in C-5, which obtain shorter bond of C—N and slightly longer bond of C—O, the thermal decomposition peaks of TNNP and TNOP are almost the same, (201.3 °C and 202.4 °C respectively). Moreover, their initial decomposition points are also approximate, which are 172.2 °C and 174.0 °C. The similar decomposition process is due to the active geminal nitro and nitrate ester group. Lower melting point and higher decomposition temperature make TNOP a promising novel melt-cast explosive. An interesting phenomenon is found that the peak thermal decomposition temperatures of TNNP and TNOP are very similar, probably because they both have nitrate ester groups that are generally considered to be more unstable than nitro groups in energetic materials. When the two compounds are heated, all parts of them are relatively stable except the -ONO₂ that decomposes first, so the decomposition temperatures are similar. From the TG curves, when heated to 400°C, the residual solid content of TNOP only remains 5.95%, quite lower than that of TNNP. The heat release of TNNP during the decomposition is up to 1435 J·g⁻¹, which may be caused by the two high-energy N-NO₂ groups.

To investigate the non-isothermal kinetics during the thermal decomposition of TNNP and TNOP, DSC curves are employed at four different heating rates of 2.5, 5, 10 and 20 K·min⁻¹, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The peak decomposition temperatures of TNNP at different heating rates are 187.9 °C, 196.1 °C, 202.6 °C and 211.9 °C. And the peak decomposition temperatures of TNOP are 186.8 °C, 194.8 °C, 204.5 °C and 211.4 °C, respectively.

DSC curves of TNNP at various heating rates.

DSC curves of TNOP at various heating rates.

The peak of decomposition temperature of the two compounds increases with the heating rate and the initial decomposition temperature of TNNP is vary from 161.5 °C to 169.3 °C, while for TNOP that is vary from 163.9 °C to 165.4 °C. The kinetic parameters (apparent activation energy (Ea) and pre-exponential constant (A)) are calculated by applying Kissinger and Ozawa methods using different decomposition points.

Kissinger (Liu, 2021) and Ozawa (Ozawa, 1965) methods are expressed in Eqs. (1) and (2):

(1)

\ln \frac{β_{i}}{T_{p i^{2}}} = \ln \frac{AR}{E_{k}} - \frac{E_{k}}{R T_{pi}}

(2)

\log β_{i} + \frac{0.4567 E_{0}}{R T_{pi}} = C

where Tp is the peak temperature (K); Eα is the apparent activation energy (kJ·mol⁻¹); β is the linear heating rate; R is the gas constant (8.314 J·K⁻¹ mol⁻¹); A is the pre-exponential factor (s⁻¹).

The apparent activation energy E_k of TNNP obtained from Kissinger’s method at atmospheric pressure is 44.25 kJ·mol⁻¹, which is close to E₀ obtained from Ozawa’s method (42.30 kJ·mol⁻¹). The similar calculation result of E_k of TNOP is 47.36 kJ·mol⁻¹, only a little higher than that of TNNP. The similar results indicate that both TNNP and TNOP have sound thermal stability.

3.5

3.5 The bond dissociation energy

Chemical bond dissociation energy (BDE) is usually used to indicate the bond strength (Bach and Schlegel, 2021). The lower the bond’s BDE is, the more likely it breaks up during decomposition. TNNP and TNOP are similar in skeleton and possess the same energetic groups. Their sensitivity and stability can be analyzed by calculating the lowest bond dissociation energy. Two possible bond dissociations have been considered to elucidate the energy threshold with the help of Gaussian 09 at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level and frequency analyses are conducted at the same level of theory for thermal correction (Frisch et al., 2009): (1) the C—NO₂ bond attached to the ring and (2) the O—NO₂ bond among the nitrate ester group. Based on the NBO analysis and practical requirements, the BDE of the two compounds are listed in Table 1.

Table 1 Calculated BDE of TNNP and TNOP.

Compound	—C—O (in nitrate ester)	—O—N (in nitrate ester)
TNNP	189.7 kJ·mol⁻¹	135.4 kJ·mol⁻¹
TNOP	290.9 kJ·mol⁻¹	144.3 kJ·mol⁻¹

It is universally accepted that for general energetic materials, to remain thermal stability, BDE should at least exceed 80 kJ·mol⁻¹. Compounds with a BDE higher than 120 kJ·mol⁻¹ can be seen as having outstanding thermal behaviors. From Table 1, both TNNP and TNOP exceed 120 kJ·mol⁻¹ in BDE, indicating that they can meet the stability requirements. The results also prove that the O—N bond in -ONO₂ is relatively unstable compared to nitro group, which is in great agreement with the fact. Meanwhile, the decomposition temperatures of TNNP and TNOP are almost the same as the two compounds contain the same kinds of energetic groups.

3.6

3.6 Eutectic mixture

DNTF is a popular explosive with relatively low melting point and exhilarating energetic properties, though its sensitivity is not quite satisfying. The low melting point of TNOP allows it to be mixed with DNTF to acquire higher safety performance while not evidently reducing the energy. By mixing the two, the melting point, oxygen balance and practicability of the explosive mixture are also adjusted. In this paper, 0.5 g of DNTF and TNOP are prepared proportionally as 10:0, 9:1, 8:2 and so on till 0:10. And DSC is used to test the thermal melting and decomposition properties of the mixtures. Results are shown in Fig. 9.

DSC curves of (a) DNTF/TNOP and (b) TNOP and DNTF mixture systems with different ratios.

According to Fig. 9(a), there are two melting points, and the first endothermic peak is the melting temperature of the eutectic mixture. The second one is the liquefaction peak of the remaining compounds. Low eutectic points of mixed systems with different proportions are within the range of 86.8 °C–89.7 °C. And the liquefaction peak T could be corrected by Equation (3) (Frisch et al., 2009; Smith and Pennings, 1976). Based on the DSC results and corrected data, phase diagram of the binary system is built as shown in Fig. 9.

(3)

T = T_{e}^{'} - (T_{e} {-T}_{0})

where T is the corrected liquefaction temperature; T_e′ is the end temperature of liquefaction peak of the mixed system; T_e is the end temperature of the eutectic peak; T₀ is the starting temperature of the eutectic peak.

Based on Fig. 10, the lowest point of the curve refers to the proper proportion for the lowest eutectic point. When the ratio of TNOP is 64.7% and that of DNTF is 35.3%, the lowest melting temperature is 95.4 ℃, much lower than the melting points of TNOP and DNTF. Meanwhile, the detonation performance of the mixture system is verified using EXPLO5 v6.04 with a density of 1.79 g·cm⁻³, detonation velocity of 8230 m·s⁻¹, and detonation pressure of 29.9 GPa. Though the detonation performance is inferior than that of single-compound DNTF, the system provides a safer melt-cast explosive in applications.

T-X phase diagram of the TNOP and DNTF binary system.

3.7

3.7 Physiochemical properties, detonation and safety performances

The physiochemical properties, detonation and safety performances matter a lot for the evaluation of energetic materials. For comparison, the properties of TNT and other typical 1,3-diazinane compounds are also analyzed. The gas-phase enthalpies of formation are calculated by Gaussian 09 using the program at B3LYP/6-31+g (d, p) level of theory, and the enthalpies of sublimation are estimated based on the electrostatic potential parameters. The heat of formation (Δ_fH) of TNNP and TNOP are obtained as −160.1 kJ·mol⁻¹ and −346.6 kJ·mol⁻¹ respectively. Besides crystal density and heat of formation, the general detonation performances are obtained by EXPLO5 v6.04 (Suceska, 2013). Finally, a sensitivity test is also conducted and the results are listed in Table 2.

Table 2 Physicochemical properties, detonation and sensitivity performances of TNNP, TNOP and other materials.

Compound	ρ^a/g·cm⁻³	T_d^b/°C	ΔH_f^c/kJ·mol⁻¹	D^d/m·s⁻¹	P^e/GPa	IS^f/J	FS^g/N
TNNP	1.83	201.3	−160.1	8714	34.8	25	260
TNOP	1.72	202.4	−346.6	8112	29.3	>60	>360
DNNC^h	1.82	222.2	308.74	8763	34.9	22	240
DNHMⁱ	1.76	197.0	−128.6	8412	31.6	24	240
TNT	1.65	295.0	−67.4	6881	19.5	15	240

a Crystal density.

b Decomposition temperature (exothermic peak).

c Solid phase heat of formation calculated.

d Calculated detonation velocity.

e Calculated detonation pressure.

f Impact sensitivity evaluated using standard BAM fall hammer(Gruhne et al., 2020).

g Friction sensitivity evaluated by BAM approach.

h 1,3,5,5,-tetranitro1,3-diazinane. ⁱ 1,3-Dinitrohexahydropyrimidin-5-yl nitrate.

Compared with TNOP, the molecular arrangement of TNNP is relatively more compact, with a crystal density of 1.83 g·cm⁻³, which leads directly to higher detonation performance with a detonation velocity of 8714 m·s⁻¹ and detonation pressure of 34.8 GPa. Although the energetic level of TNOP is lower than that of TNNP, its sensitivity level is lower and safety performance is much better. The low impact and friction sensitivity make it a promising a novel melt-cast explosive of high safety. Furthermore, the safety performances of all these 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane energetic compounds are attributed to the diversity of energetic groups, which regulate certain effects by forming various intramolecular and intermolecular hydrogen bonds.

4 Conclusions

In conclusion, the two energetic materials TNNP and TNOP with superior sensitivity and acceptable energy regulated by C-NO₂, N-NO₂ and -ONO₂ were synthesized in this paper based on a one-pot synthesis. The low sensitivity and suitable melting point of TNOP makes it a promising melt-cast energetic compound. The crystal structures of TNNP and TNOP were obtained and verified for the first time, and the causes of their low sensitivity and high stability were revealed at the molecular level. Both TNNP and TNOP possess remarkable layered structures due to the regular distribution of multiple chemical bonds. Hirshfeld surfaces of TNNP and TNOP associated with 2D fingerprint spectra were investigated, indicating that the weak interaction force of TNOP was higher than that of TNNP, which highly coincided with the sensitivity data. Composed of the similar skeleton and the same kinds of energetic groups, TNNP and TNOP show similar thermal behaviors with a decomposition temperature of around 202 °C, in agreement with the BDE analysis results. To find out the application prospects of TNOP with satisfying sensitivity and high energy, the eutectic mixtures of TNOP and DNTF at different ratios were prepared and studied by DSC. When the ratio of TNOP was 64.7%, the mixture showed the lowest melting point of 95.4°C. This work provides a solid foundation for the design and synthesis of new low-sensitivity energetic compounds and will drive new explorations in the field.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.21805223) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2018M633552).

Declaration of Competing Interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Comparative research on promising energetic 1,3-diazinane and 1,3-oxazinane structures

Abstract

Keywords

Chemical diversity

Concise synthesis

Insensitive energetic materials

Melt-cast explosive

Eutectic system

1 Introduction

2 Experimental

2.1 Materials and instruments

2.2 Synthetic procedures

2.2.1 (1,3-Di-tert-butyl-5-nitro1,3-diazinane-5-yl) methanol (DtDNP)

2.2.2 (1,3,5-Trinitro1,3-diazinane-5-yl)methyl nitrate (TNNP)

2.2.3 (4-Tert-butyl)-5-nitro-1,3-oxazinane-5-yl) methanol (DtNOP)

2.2.4 (3,5-Dinitro-1,3-oxazinan-5-yl)methyl nitrate (TNOP)

3 Results and discussion

3.1 Synthesis of TNNP and TNOP

3.2 Single-crystal X-ray diffraction

3.3 Hirshfeld and electrostatic potential analysis

3.4 Thermal behaviors

3.5 The bond dissociation energy

3.6 Eutectic mixture

3.7 Physiochemical properties, detonation and safety performances

4 Conclusions

Acknowledgements

Declaration of Competing Interest

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