Tetrazolyl guanyltetrazene hydrate

Tetrazene or tetrazolyl guanyltetrazene hydrate (C2H8N10O) (2.5) was first prepared by Hoffmann and Roth in 1910 by the action of a neutral solution of sodium nitrite on aminoguanidine salts. In 1921, Rathsburg suggested the use of tetrazene in explosive compositions. 

Hoffmann etal. [26] suggested the structural formula (la) for tetrazene, i.e. l-guanyl-4-nitrosoaminoguanyltetrazene. The correctness of this formula was later questioned by Patinkin, Horwitz and Lieber [27]. The synthesis of tetrazene by the action of tetrazolediazonium hydroxide (II) on aminoguanidine salts (III) at 0°C, suggested that tetrazene has the structure of l-(5-tetrazolyl)-4-guanyltetrazene hydrate (I) ... 

Guanylnitrosaminoguanyltetraxene, TETRA CENE or l-(5 Tetrazolyl)-4 guanyltetrazene hydrate]. US Military Specification MIL-T-... 

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