Condensed Tetrazolo-1,3,5-triazines. 1. Synthesis of 5-Polynitromethyltetrazolo[1,5-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>]-1,3,5-triazin-7-one Salts

The aziridation of 2-R-4,6-bis(trinitromethyl)-1,3,5-triazines containing electron-donor substituents has been studied. It was found that the corresponding 4-azido-2-dialkylamino-6-trinitromethyl-1,3,5-triazines are formed when R = NMe₂, NEt₂. When R = O^–NMe₄ ⁺ a novel reaction route was discovered leading to the tetramethylammonium salt of 5-polynitromethyltetrazolo1,5-a]-1,3,5-triazin-7-one which is formed as a result of azido-tetrazole and lactim-lactam tautomeric conversion. Denitration of this salt at the trinitromethyl group occurs with retention of the tetrazolo-1,3,5-triazine structure. An X-ray analysis was carried out for the denitration product which was the dipotassium salt of 5-dinitromethyltetrazolo1,5-a]-1,3,5-triazin-7-one.__________Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 259–266, February, 2005.