Theoretical investigation on the intermolecular interactions between 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one and 2,6-diamino-3,5-dinitropyrazine-1-oxide using DFT methods

Discriminative Mechanical and Thermal Response of the H-N Bonds for the Energetic LLM-105 Molecular Assembly

Molecular interactions in energetic materials form the key not only to the "structure stability, energy storage, ignition, and detonation" dynamics but also to the sensitivity to the loading of perturbation and the power intensity of radiation for the energetic substance, with the nature of the interactions remaining elusive. With the aid of perturbative Raman spectroscopy and the pressure-resolved density functional theory, we uncovered that the H-N bond of the intermolecular O:H-N bonds for LLM-105 shares the same negative compressibility and thermal expansivity of the H-O bond for the coupling O:H-O bond of water [Phys. Rep. 2023, 998, 1-68]. In contrast, the dangling H-N bond vibrating at a 3440 cm-1 high frequency does otherwise due to the absence of coupling interaction and the undercoordination-driven bond contraction. These findings should deepen our insight into interactions involving electron lone pairs and offer an efficient means for discriminating the performance of individual bonds.

Multi-aspect simulation insight on thermolysis mechanism and interaction of NTO/HMX-based plastic-bonded explosives: a new conception of the mixed explosive model

Reactive molecular dynamics (RMDs) calculations were used to determine, for the first time, the process of thermolysis of the mixed explosives, including 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) and octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazoline (HMX). Significantly, this is the first time that a layered model for mixed explosives, which is an extreme innovation of mixed explosive models was adopted. It is shown that a large amount of NO2 in the HMX and OH groups generated by the decomposition of HNO2 has a favorable effect on the thermolysis of NTO, as further validated by a reduction in the activation energy of NTO/HMX. The amount of H2O and N2 in the resulting products increased significantly, but the amount of NH3 changed slightly. The analysis results correspond to the change in chemical bonds. Whenever there is an increase in temperature, the time for the maximum number of clusters to appear is shortened accordingly. In addition, the acidity of NTO has been considered. An independent gradient model based on Hirshfeld partition (IGMH) and atoms in molecule (AIM) analysis of NTO/HMX was implemented. The relatively strong hydrogen bonds indicate that HMX can inhibit the acidity of NTO and is beneficial for the wide application of NTO/HMX-based plastic-bonded explosives (PBXs).