Aliphatic C-nitro compounds as explosives

Polynitroaliphatic compounds have not found widespread use as either commercial or military explosives. This is perhaps surprising considering the high chemical and thermal stability of compounds containing internal em-dinitroaliphatic functionality. In fact, many polynitroaliphatic compounds are powerful explosives, for example, the explosive power of 

Improved methods for the synthesis of building blocks like 2-fluoro-2,2-dinitroethanol and 

2- dinitropropanol have resulted in some polynitroaliphatic compounds finding specialized application. Bis(2-fiuoro-2,2-dinitroethyl)formal (FEFO) and a 1 1 eutectic mixture of bis(2,2-dinitropropyl)formal (BDNPF) and bis(2,2-dinitropropyl)acetal (BDNPA) have both found use as plasticizers in energetic explosive and propellant formulations. 

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