Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 26, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26227004
Keywords
dinitropyrazole; mechanism; ReaxFF force field; thermal decomposition; trimerization
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21805226, 21805223]
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This study compared the thermal properties and decomposition processes of two dinitropyrazole-based energetic materials, showing that better thermal stabilization can be achieved after trimerization but at the expense of less concentrated heat release. Detailed analysis of the decomposition processes and simulation studies provided insights into the mechanisms of ring opening and initial decomposition of the materials.
Dinitropyrazole is an important structure for the design and synthesis of energetic materials. In this work, we reported the first comparative thermal studies of two representative dinitropyrazole-based energetic materials, 4-amino-3,5-dinitropyrazole (LLM-116) and its novel trimer derivative (LLM-226). Both the experimental and theoretical results proved the active aromatic N-H moiety would cause incredible variations in the physicochemical characteristics of the obtained energetic materials. Thermal behaviors and kinetic studies of the two related dinitropyrazole-based energetic structures showed that impressive thermal stabilization could be achieved after the trimerization, but also would result in a less concentrated heat-release process. Detailed analysis of condensed-phase systems and the gaseous products during the thermal decomposition processes, and simulation studies based on ReaxFF force field, indicated that the ring opening of LLM-116 was triggered by hydrogen transfer of the active aromatic N-H moiety. In contrast, the initial decomposition of LLM-226 was caused by the rupture of carbon-nitrogen bonds at the diazo moiety.
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