γ-FOX-7: Structure of a High Energy Density Material Immediately Prior to Decomposition

1,1‐Diamino‐2,2‐dinitroethene, C2H4N4O4 (FOX‐7), is a novel high energy density material with low friction and impact sensitivity and a high activation barrier to detonation. In this study, the previously unknown crystal structure of the γ‐polymorph of trimorphic FOX‐7 is reported. γ‐FOX‐7 is stable...

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Published in:Propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics explosives, pyrotechnics, 2007-12, Vol.32 (6), p.478-495
Main Authors: Crawford, Margaret-Jane, Evers, Jürgen, Göbel, Michael, Klapötke, Thomas M., Mayer, Peter, Oehlinger, Gilbert, Welch, Jan M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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DADNE
FOX-7
HEDM
Polymorphism
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Summary:1,1‐Diamino‐2,2‐dinitroethene, C2H4N4O4 (FOX‐7), is a novel high energy density material with low friction and impact sensitivity and a high activation barrier to detonation. In this study, the previously unknown crystal structure of the γ‐polymorph of trimorphic FOX‐7 is reported. γ‐FOX‐7 is stable from ∼435 K until the compound decomposes just above 504 K. A single crystal of α‐FOX‐7 (P21/n, Z=4, a=694.67(7) pm, b=668.87(9) pm, c=1135.1(1) pm, β=90.14(1)°, T=373 K) was first transformed into a single crystal of β‐FOX‐7 (P212121, Z=4, a=698.6(1) pm, b=668.6(2) pm, c=1168.7(3) pm, T=423 K) and then into a single crystal of γ‐FOX‐7 at 450 K. The γ‐FOX‐7 crystal was then subsequently quenched to 200 K. The structure of γ‐FOX‐7 (P21/n, Z=8, a=1335.4(3) pm, b=689.5(1) pm, c=1205.0(2) pm, β=111.102(8)°, T=200 K) consists of four planar layers, each containing two crystallographically independent FOX‐7 molecules found in the asymmetric unit.
ISSN:0721-3115
1521-4087
DOI:10.1002/prep.200700240