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Xuan H, Huang X, Shang F, He H, Liu J. Theoretical insights into the synthesis reaction mechanism of HMX based on TAT nitration reaction. Chem Phys Lett 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2023.140448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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An Accurate Approach for Computational pKa Determination of Phenolic Compounds. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27238590. [PMID: 36500683 PMCID: PMC9736058 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Computational chemistry is a valuable tool, as it allows for in silico prediction of key parameters of novel compounds, such as pKa. In the framework of computational pKa determination, the literature offers several approaches based on different level of theories, functionals and continuum solvation models. However, correction factors are often used to provide reliable models that adequately predict pKa. In this work, an accurate protocol based on a direct approach is proposed for computing phenols pKa. Importantly, this methodology does not require the use of correction factors or mathematical fitting, making it highly practical, easy to use and fast. Above all, DFT calculations performed in the presence two explicit water molecules using CAM-B3LYP functional with 6-311G+dp basis set and a solvation model based on density (SMD) led to accurate pKa values. In particular, calculations performed on a series of 13 differently substituted phenols provided reliable results, with a mean absolute error of 0.3. Furthermore, the model achieves accurate results with -CN and -NO2 substituents, which are usually excluded from computational pKa studies, enabling easy and reliable pKa determination in a wide range of phenols.
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Computational Design of High Energy RDX-Based Derivatives: Property Prediction, Intermolecular Interactions, and Decomposition Mechanisms. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26237199. [PMID: 34885779 PMCID: PMC8659176 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A series of new high-energy insensitive compounds were designed based on 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane (RDX) skeleton through incorporating -N(NO2)-CH2-N(NO2)-, -N(NH2)-, -N(NO2)-, and -O- linkages. Then, their electronic structures, heats of formation, detonation properties, and impact sensitivities were analyzed and predicted using DFT. The types of intermolecular interactions between their bimolecular assemble were analyzed. The thermal decomposition of one compound with excellent performance was studied through ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. All the designed compounds exhibit excellent detonation properties superior to 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20), and lower impact sensitivity than CL-20. Thus, they may be viewed as promising candidates for high energy density compounds. Overall, our design strategy that the construction of bicyclic or cage compounds based on the RDX framework through incorporating the intermolecular linkages is very beneficial for developing novel energetic compounds with excellent detonation performance and low sensitivity.
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Theoretical design on a series of new cage‐shaped high energy density compounds. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202100124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Tang L, Zhu W. Molecular design, property prediction, and intermolecular interactions for high‐energy cage compounds based on the skeletons of RDX and HMX. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202000405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Li Tang
- Institute for Computation in Molecular and Materials Science School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing China
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- Institute for Computation in Molecular and Materials Science School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing China
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Duan B, Liu N, Lu X, Mo H, Zhang Q, Liu Y, Wang B. Screening for energetic compounds based on 1,3-dinitrohexahydropyrimidine skeleton and 5-various explosopheres: molecular design and computational study. Sci Rep 2020; 10:18292. [PMID: 33106564 PMCID: PMC7589465 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75281-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In this paper, twelve 1,3-dinitrohexahydropyrimidine-based energetic compounds were designed by introducing various explosopheres into hexahydropyrimidine skeleton. Their geometric and electronic structures, heats of formation (HOFs), energetic performance, thermal stability and impact sensitivity were discussed. It is found that the incorporation of electron-withdrawing groups (-NO2, -NHNO2, -N3, -CH(NO2)2, -CF(NO2)2, -C(NO2)3) improves HOFs of the derivatives and all the substituents contribute to enhancing the densities and detonation properties (D, P) of the title compounds. Therein, the substitution of -C(NO2)3 features the best energetic performance with detonation velocity of 9.40 km s-1 and detonation pressure of 40.20 GPa. An analysis of the bond dissociation energies suggests that N-NO2 bond may be the initial site in the thermal decompositions for most of the derivatives. Besides, -ONO2 and -NF2 derivatives stand out with lower impact sensitivity. Characters with striking detonation properties (D = 8.62 km s-1, P = 35.08 GPa; D = 8.81 km s-1, P = 34.88 GPa), good thermal stability, and acceptable impact sensitivity (characteristic height H50 over 34 cm) lead novel compounds 5,5-difluoramine-1,3-dinitrohexahydropyrimidine (K) and 5-fluoro-1,3,5-trinitrohexahydropyrimidine (L) to be very promising energetic materials. This work provides the theoretical molecular design and a reasonable synthetic route of L for further experimental synthesis and testing.
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- Binghui Duan
- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an, 710065, People's Republic of China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an, 710065, People's Republic of China.
- State Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemicals, Xi'an, 710065, People's Republic of China.
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an, 710065, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemicals, Xi'an, 710065, People's Republic of China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an, 710065, People's Republic of China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an, 710065, People's Republic of China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an, 710065, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemicals, Xi'an, 710065, People's Republic of China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an, 710065, People's Republic of China.
- State Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemicals, Xi'an, 710065, People's Republic of China.
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Jeong K, Sung I, Joo HU, Kwon T, Yuk JM, Kwon Y, Kim H. Molecular design of nitro-oxide-substituted cycloalkane derivatives for high-energy-density materials. J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Xiao M, Jin X, Zhou J, Zhou G, Hu B. Theoretical Study on Energetic Derivatives Based on 3,7‐Bis(Alkenyl)‐2,4,6,8‐Tetraazabicyclo[3.3.0]Octane. ChemistrySelect 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201902428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Menghui Xiao
- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of ShandongSchool of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical EngineeringQilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Ji'nan 250353 China
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of ShandongSchool of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical EngineeringQilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Ji'nan 250353 China
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of ShandongSchool of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical EngineeringQilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Ji'nan 250353 China
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of ShandongSchool of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical EngineeringQilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Ji'nan 250353 China
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- School of Chemical EngineeringNanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing 210094 China
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Xu H, Peng L, Wang J, Ren H, Zhu Q, Li X. Relationship between Energetic Performance and Clustering Effects on Incremental Nitramine Groups: A Theoretical Perspective. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:742-749. [PMID: 30615442 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b10647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nitramine compounds are typical high-energy-density materials (HEDMs) and are widely used as explosives because of their superior explosive performance over conventional energetic materials. In this work, the thermal properties of 1-nitropiperidine (NPIP), 1,4-dinitropiperazine (DNP), and 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane (RDX) were investigated from quantum mechanics (QM) and reactive force field (ReaxFF) molecular dynamics simulations. We found that the bond dissociation energy of the N-NO2 bond, heat of formation, released energy, produced fragments, and oxygen balance are closely related to the incremental nitramine group. The nitramine group has a significant effect on the energetic performance of these nitramine compounds. In addition, the increase of the nitramine group will improve thermal decomposition activity, promote the generation of small molecules, and restrain the formation of carbon clusters. We hope that this work can shed new light on the design of energetic materials.
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- Huajie Xu
- School of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610065 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610065 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610065 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610065 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610065 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610065 , People's Republic of China
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Pan Y, Zhu W. Theoretical Design on a Series of Novel Bicyclic and Cage Nitramines as High Energy Density Compounds. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:9163-9171. [PMID: 29120178 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b10462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We designed four bicyclic nitramines and three cage nitramines by incorporating -N(NO2)-CH2-N(NO2)-, -N(NO2)-, and -O- linkages based on the HMX (1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane) framework. Then, their electronic structure, heats of formation, energetic properties, strain energy, thermal stability, and impact sensitivity were systematically studied using density functional theory (DFT). Compared to the parent compound HMX, all the title compounds have much higher density, better detonation properties, and better oxygen balance. Among them, four compounds have extraordinary high detonation properties (D > 9.70 km/s and P > 44.30 GPa). Moreover, most of the title compounds exhibit better thermal stability and lower impact sensitivity than CL-20 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane) or HNHAA (hexanitrohexaazaadamantane). Thus, all of the seven new nitramine compounds are promising candidates for high energy density compounds. In particular, five compounds exhibit a best combination of better oxygen balance, good thermal stability, excellent detonation properties superior to or comparable to CL-20 or HNHAA, and lower impact sensitivity than CL-20 or HNHAA. The results indicate that our unusual design strategy that constructing bicyclic or cage nitramines based on the HMX framework by incorporating the intramolecular linkages is very useful for developing novel energetic compounds with excellent detonation performance and low sensitivity.
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- Yong Pan
- School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Nanjing Polytechnic Institute , Nanjing 210048, China.,Institute for Computation in Molecular and Materials Science and Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210094, China
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- Institute for Computation in Molecular and Materials Science and Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210094, China
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Pan Y, Zhu W, Xiao H. Theoretical studies of a series of azaoxaisowurtzitane cage compounds with high explosive performance and low sensitivity. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2017.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wang K, Shu Y, Liu N, Lai W, Yu T, Ding X, Wu Z. Theoretical studies on structure and performance of [1,2,5]-oxadiazolo-[3,4-d]-pyridazine-based derivatives. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.3591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Ke Wang
- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute; Xi'an 710065 China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute; Xi'an 710065 China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute; Xi'an 710065 China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute; Xi'an 710065 China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute; Xi'an 710065 China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute; Xi'an 710065 China
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- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute; Xi'an 710065 China
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