Combination Energetic Materials Consisting of Strained Rings Combined with High Heat of Formation Tetrazoles

The reaction of cyanogen azide with strained-ring containing primary and secondary amines led to the isolation of energetic molecules deriving their energy content from both strained rings as well as aminotetrazoles. Azo-coupling of these materials afforded novel high-nitrogen energetic materials of very high sensitivity. All compounds were chemically characterized by IR, NMR, single-crystal X-ray crystallography, and high-resolution mass spectrometry. Their impact and friction sensitivities were experimentally determined, and their energetic performances were calculated.