Octogen 1,3,5,-tetranitro

Ortahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-l,3,5,7-tetrazodne (fl-HMX, Octogen, Cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine) Very powerful explosive used as a main high explosive... 

High melting explosive or Her Majesty s explosive (HMX) is chemically known as cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine or l,3,5,7-tetranitro-l,3,5,7-tetraazacyclooctane [Structure (2.15)]. It is also known as octogen. It was first discovered by Bachmann in 1941 by modifying the Bachmann or Combination Process which was originally discovered for RDX. The main product is HMX and subsequent purification... 

Octogen, known in Britain as HMX, i.e. cyclotetramethylenetetramine, 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-l,3,5,7-tetrazacyclo-octane, is a white crystalline substance which occurs under several polymorphous forms differing from one another in specific gravity and sensitiveness to impact. Usually octogen is obtained in / form, which is the least sensitive to impact (Table 21). 

In the chemistry of explosives and propellants l,3,5,7-tetranitro-l,3,5,7-tetrazocane (267), also known as HMX and octogen l,3,5,7-tetraacetyl-l,3,5,7-tetrazocane (268), also known as TAT and other derivatives have been reviewed <90AHC(50)l>. 

Minimal impact hight causing initiation with particular hammer mass Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine l,6-diaza-3,4,8,9,12,13-hexaoxabicyclo[4,4,4]tetradecane 1,3,5,7-Tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane (octogen)... 

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