Investigation of energetic materials prepared by reactions of diamines with picryl chloride

Five compounds containing picryl group(s) were synthesized from reactions of hydrazine, 1,2-diaminoethane, 1,3-diaminopropane, 1,4-diaminobutane and 1,7-diaminoheptane with picryl chloride under hydrothermal conditions in methanol. Hydrazine reaction yielded N-2,4,6-trinitrophenylhydrazine which has a single picryl group, whereas the other reactants formed symmetric products with both amine groups connected to picryl groups. These compounds are N,N′-di-2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-1,2-diaminoethane, bis-N,N′-di-2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-1,3-diaminopropane, bis-N,N′-di-2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-1,4-diaminobutane and bis-N,N′-di-2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-1,7-diaminoheptane. Molecular structures of two of these compounds, N-2,4,6-trinitrophenylhydrazine and bis-N,N′-di-2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-1,3-diaminopropane, were revealed by XRD methods. All compounds were investigated by TG and DSC methods. The thermal behaviour of N-2,4,6-trinitrophenylhydrazine was explosive, undergoing a strong explosion in a very short temperature interval, 180–185 °C. In cases of the other compounds, it was found out that the carbon chain between two picryl groups reduced the explosion enthalpy. In addition, the theoretical formation enthalpy of N-2,4,6-trinitrophenylhydrazine was calculated by running CBS-4 M energy calculations under Gaussian 09 software package. From the calculated value, reaction enthalpy values for the possible explosion pathways were investigated in accordance with the experiment. The path with reaction enthalpy closest to the experimental value was proposed as the explosion mechanism.     

Vibrational spectroscopic studies and DFT calculations of 4‐fluoro‐N‐(2‐hydroxy‐4‐nitrophenyl)benzamide

Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) and FT‐Raman spectra of 4‐fluoro‐N‐(2‐hydroxy‐4‐nitrophenyl)benzamide were recorded and analyzed. The vibrational wavenumbers and corresponding vibrational assignments were examined theoretically using the Gaussian03 set of quantum chemistry codes. The red‐shift of the NH‐stretching wavenumber in the infrared (IR) spectrum from the computed wavenumber indicates the weakening of the NH bond resulting in proton transfer to the neighboring oxygen atom. The simultaneous IR and Raman activation of the CO‐stretching mode gives the charge transfer interaction through a π‐conjugated path. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Structure and electrical properties of Mg‐doped ZnO nanoparticles

Mg_xZn_1‐xO (x=0.01‐0.3) nanoparticles were synthesized by the sol‐gel technique using solutions of Mg and Zn based organometalic compounds. The electrical properties of Mg doped zinc oxide (ZnO) were studied within wide temperature range from 300 to 500 K under the N₂ gas flow (flow rate: 20 sccm) and in the frequency range from 40 Hz to 1 MHz for ac electrical measurements. The dc conductivities and the activation energies were found to be in the range of 10^‐9‐10^‐6 S/cm at the room temperature and 0.26‐0.86 eV respectively depending on doping rate of these samples. The ac conductivity was well represented by the power law Aω^s. The conduction mechanism for all doped ZnO could be related to correlated barrier hopping (CBH) model. The complex impedance plots (Nyquist plot) showed the data points lying on a single semicircle, implying the response originated from a single capacitive element corresponding to the nanoparticle grains. The crystal structures of the Mg_xZn_1‐xO nanoparticles were characterized using X‐ray diffraction. The calculated average particle sizes values of Zn_1‐xMg_xO samples are found between 29.72 and 22.43 nm using the Sherrer equation. (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)