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The crystal structure of 3,5,7-trinitro-1,3,5,7-oxatriazocane

  • Li Sijie ORCID logo , Wang Xiaojun , Xu Yinguang , Wang Fan , Chen Lizhen ORCID logo and Wang Jianlong EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: June 4, 2025

Abstract

C4H8O7N6, monoclinic, Pc (no. 7), a = 11.3436(2) Å, b = 7.42793(12) Å, c = 11.2349(2) Å, β = 104.220(2)°, V = 917.64(3) Å3 Z = 2, R gt (F) = 0.0250, wR ref (F 2) = 0.0667, T = 100 K.

CCDC no.: 2454398

1 Source of material

The title compound is a by-product isolated from the nitrification waste stream of HMX prepared by nitrolyzing hexamethylene-tetramine. The wastewater was extracted with ethyl acetate, and the extracted phase was evaporated under reduced pressure to obtain a yellow powder, 0.1 g of yellow powder was taken, and separated using column chromatography separator with ethyl acetate and dichloromethane as eluents, and colorless flaky crystals were obtained after the solvent was evaporated. X-ray single crystal diffraction was performed on the crystal (Table 1).

Table 1:

Data collection and handling.

Crystal: Clear light colourless block
Size: 0.12 × 0.10 × 0.08 mm
Wavelength: Cu Kα radiation (1.54184 Å)
μ: 1.54 mm−1
Diffractometer, scan mode: Bruker APEX2, φ and ω scans
θ max, completeness: 72.8°, 99 %
N(hkl)measured, N(hkl)unique, R int: 8,606, 3,160, 0.016
Criterion for I obs, N(hkl)gt: I obs > 2 σ(I obs), 3,159
N(param)refined: 307
Programs: Olex2, 1 SHELX, 2 , 3 Bruker 4

2 Experimental details

Hydrogen atom was placed in their geometrically idealized positions and constrained to ride on their parent atoms. All the non-hydrogen atoms were refined anisotropically.

3 Discussion

Energy-containing materials are widely used in military and civilian applications because of their high energy content. 5 With high density, high detonation speed and excellent thermal stability, 6 , 7 Octogen is the best overall performance explosive in military use today. 8 The title compound is a by-product isolated from the nitrification waste stream of HMX prepared by nitrolyzing hexamethylene-tetramine, 9 with nitric acid and acetic anhydride as nitrifying agents in the presence of ammonium nitrate in an acetic acid medium.

The asymmetric unit of the title structure contains two independent 3,5,7-trinitro-1,3,5,7-oxa-triazacyclooctane molecules forming an eight-membered ring. The geometric parameters of both independent molecules are in the expected ranges for these kind of compounds.

The title compound is compared to 3,5-dinitro-1-oxygen-3,5-diazacyclohexane, 10 where the parent ring is an eight-membered ring and there is an increase in the nitro group, which shifts the respective bond angles, resulting in a corresponding change in the respective dihedral angles.


Corresponding author: Wang Jianlong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, Shanxi Province, P.R. China, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Center of Testing and Analysis, Shanghai Institutute.

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Received: 2025-03-04
Accepted: 2025-05-27
Published Online: 2025-06-04
Published in Print: 2025-08-26

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