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Thermal stability and detonation character of nitro-substituted derivatives of imidazole

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A series of nitro-imidazole derivatives were designed by replacing hydrogen atoms on imidazole ring with nitro group one by one. In order to investigate the thermodynamic stability, heat of formation (HOF), and bond dissociation energy (BDE) are calculated at the B3PW91/6-311+G(d,p) level. In order to investigate the impact sensitivity and detonation property, the drop height (H50), free space per molecule in crystal lattice (ΔV), detonation velocity (D), and detonation pressure (P) are calculated by using the empirical Kamlet–Jacobs (K-J) equation. The results show that the thermal stabilities of title molecules are determined by whether nitro group is associated to 1-position or not and accompanied with the steric hindrance between nitro groups and the charge population on the carbon atoms of imidazole ring. The excellent impact sensitivity and detonation performance of title molecules are also evaluated. On the consideration both of stability and detonation characters, 2,4,5-trinitro-1H-imidazole (D = 8.98 km/s, P = 36.70 GPa) is screened out as the potential high-energy-density molecule for further research.

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Li, B., Li, L. & Chen, S. Thermal stability and detonation character of nitro-substituted derivatives of imidazole. J Mol Model 25, 298 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-019-4190-5

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