Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, Vol.39, No.5, 641-648, 2014
The Synthesis and Energetic Properties of 3,4-Bis(2,2,2-trinitroethylamino)furazan (BTNEDAF)
Energetic furazan 3,4-bis(trinitroethylamino)furazan (BTNEDAF) was synthesized in 70% yield. BTNEDAF was characterized as an energetic material in terms of performance, mechanical sensitivity, and thermal stability. BTNEDAF was crystallized from various solvents resulting in multiple polymorphs with varying densities. Some of these polymorphs were characterized with respect to their sensitivity properties. Additionally, the performance of these different polymorphs were calculated using the EXPLO5 code. BTNEDAF was also characterized by vibrational spectroscopy, multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and calorimetric experiments.