Amping Up the Synthesis of Energetic Materials Using Electricity: Electrochemical Methods for the Installation of N-containing Explosophores
Abstract
Focuses on uncovering new electrochemical technologies that facilitate the synthesis of energetic materials. Improved processes for the generation of high-performance reactive materials is crucial to modern naval research and weapon technology. Although the design and formulation of explosives are rapidly advancing, efforts to develop more efficient, sustainable, and safer protocols for the preparation of these organic compounds remain largely in a nascent stage. The discovery of new chemical reactions that circumvent the use of hazardous chemicals and proceed under milder conditions will increase the synthetic and cost efficiencies of currently known energetic materials and may also enable access to new structures that would be difficult to obtain through traditional processes. In this context, electrochemistry represents an attractive approach to meet the prevailing trends in energetic materials sciences. In particular, electrochemistry allows for the generation of highly reactive intermediates in situ from readily available starting materials via direct electron transfer, thus avoiding the use of high-energy chemicals and the generation of hazardous byproducts. Despite its numerous attractive attributes, electrochemistry has been used only sparingly for the preparation of energetic materials. Thus, there exists a clear impetus for inventing new reaction strategies to improve the scope of synthetic electrochemistry and provide new platforms for synthetic innovations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 07, 2019
- Source ID
- N000141912141
Entities
People
- Song Lin
Organizations
- Cornell University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy