Theoretical Investigation of Energetic Salts with Pentazolate Anion

Energetic salts based on pentazolate anion (cyclo-N₅⁻) have attracted much attention due to their high nitrogen contents. However, it is an enormous challenge to efficiently screen out an appropriate cation that can match well with cyclo-N₅⁻. The vertical electron affinity (VEA) of the cations and vertical ionization potential (VIP) of the anions for 135 energetic salts and some cyclo-N₅⁻ salts were calculated by the density functional theory (DFT). The magnitudes of VEA and VIP, and their matchability were analyzed. The results based on the calculations at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) and B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ levels indicate that there is an excellent compatibility between cyclo-N₅⁻ and cation when the difference between the VEA of cation and the VIP of cyclo-N₅⁻ anion is −2.8 to −1.0 eV. The densities of the salts were predicted by the DFT method. Relationship between the calculated density and the experimental density was established as ρ_Expt = 1.111ρ_cal − 0.06067 with a correlation coefficient of 0.905. This regression equation could be in turn used to calibrate the calculated density of the cyclo-N₅⁻ energetic salts accurately. This work provides a favorable way to explore the energetic salts with excellent performance based on cyclo-N₅⁻.

Combining the furoxanylhydrazone framework with various energetic functionalities to prepare new insensitive energetic materials with 3D-cube layer stacking

We provide a new series of energetic salts and neutral compounds containing furoxanylhydrazone with 3D-cube layer stacking.

Thermally stable energetic salts based on 3-nitramino-4-tetrazolefurazan

The combination of nitramino group and tetrazole with the furazan ring gave rise to energetic salts which are thermally stable up to 284 °C.