Trinitramine, cyclotrimethylene

Hexahydro-1,3,5 -trinitro-1,3,5 -triazine (RDX, Cyclonite, Hexogen, Cyclotrimethylene trinitramine) Powerful explosive used as a main high explosive... 

The chemical name for research department explosive (RDX) is cyclotrimethylene trinitramine or 1,3,5-trinitrohexahydro-sym-triazine [Structure (2.14)]. Because of... 

RDX (2.14), also known as Hexogen, Cyclonite and cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine (C3H6N606), was first prepared in 1899 by Henning for medicinal use and used as an explosive in 1920 by Herz. The properties and preparation of RDX were fully developed during World War II. 

One or two crystalline high explosives, sncli as HMX (cyclotetram-ethylene tetranitramine) and RDX (cyclotrimethylene trinitramine), are sometimes included in a propellant formulation to achieve a specific performance characteristic. Depending upon the objectives, the percent can range from 5 to 50%. 

RDX or Cyclonite). See general description in Vol 3 of Encycl, under Cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine , C611-L to C630-L... 

Evaluation of the Toxicity of Cyclotrimethylene Trinitramine (RDX) to Aquatic Organisms , Final Rept, Contract DAMD 17-74-C4101, EG G, Bionomics, Wareham, Mass (1977)... 

Fig. 4. Example of thermal energy analyser (TEA) standard analysis using CPSIL-19 column type. EGDN, Ethylene glycol dinitrate FNT, 2-fluoro-5-nitrotoluene MT, musk tibetine NB, nitrobenzene NG, nitroglycerine PETN, pentaerythritol tetranitrate and RDX, cyclotrimethylene trinitramine TNT, trinitrotoluene. Reprinted with permission from Warren et al. [46], Copyright (1999) Forensic Science Society.

BTT and BTN, butane-1,2,4-triol-trinitrate DNT, dinitrotoluene EGDN, ethylene glycol dinitrate HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography LOD, limits of detection MDQ, minimum detectable quantities NB, nitrobenzene NG, nitroglycerine NN, nitronaphthalene NT, nitrotoluene PETN, pentaerythritol tetranitrate RDX, cyclotrimethylene trinitramine SFE, supercritical fluid extraction SGC, solvating gas chromatography TDM, thermal desorption modulator TNB, trinitrobenzene and TNT, trinitrotoluene. 

If the NO] group replaces a H atom of an imino group, NH, to give N.NO], the deriv is called a nitrimino compd, but if the N.NO] is not attached through the double bond but joins two other groups through single bonds [as in CH] N(NO]) CH] ], the compd is still called nitramino-, as in cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine. Nitronitramino compds have... 

Ger WW11 methods of prepn are described in Vol 3 of Encycl, pp C6I3-R to C614-R, under CYCLOTRIMETHYLENE trinitramine... 

After World War I, research in the area of explosives was concentrated on the development of new and more powerful explosive materials. For example, cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (CsHgNeOe), known as RDX, 5, and pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) (C5HSN4O4), 6, were among the newly discovered explosives. 

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