Polyazidopyrimidines: High Energy Compounds and Precursors to Carbon Nanotubes (Postprint)

Abstract

Organic polyazido substituted compounds are at the forefront of high energy research. Polyazido organic compounds have high relative heats of formation as one azido group adds about 87 kcal/mol of endothermicity to a hydrocarbon compound. In this family of compounds, 3,6-di(azido)-tetrazine (1), has the highest reported heat of formation ~ 1101 kJ mol-1 (6709 kJ kg-1). The compound 4,4',6,6'-tetra(azido)azo-1,3,5-triazine (2), has a heat of formation of 2171 (6164 kJ kg -1) (Fig. 1). Recently it was demonstrated that 1 and 2 were good precursors to nano carbon nitride materials. Thermal decomposition of 1 and 2 yields nitrogen-rich nanolayered, nanoclustered and nanodendritic carbon nitrides depending on the different heating processes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA469737

Entities

People

  • Brendan Twamley
  • Chengfeng Ye
  • Gregory W. Drake
  • Haixiang Gao
  • Jean'ne Shreeve
  • Jerry A. Boatz

Organizations

  • University of Idaho

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Energetic Materials
  • Energy
  • Fullerenes
  • Heat Of Formation
  • High Energy
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Melting Point
  • Military Research
  • Organic Compounds
  • Physical Properties
  • Precursors

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

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  • Organic Chemistry
  • Quantum Chemistry