Hexanitroethane

Hexanitroethane (HNE) is an organic compound with chemical formula C2N6O12 or (O2N)3C-C(NO2)3. It is a solid matter with a melting point of 135 °C.

Hexanitroethane
Names
IUPAC name
1,1,1,2,2,2-Hexanitroethane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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ECHA InfoCard 100.011.857
EC Number
  • 213-042-1
Properties
C2N6O12
Molar mass 300.0544
Melting point 135 °C (275 °F; 408 K)
Related compounds
Related compounds
 Nitroethane
Tetranitromethane
Trinitromethane
Hexanitrobenzene
Octanitrocubane
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Hexanitroethane is used in some pyrotechnic compositions as a nitrogen-rich oxidizer, e.g. in some decoy flare compositions and some propellants. Like hexanitrobenzene, HNE is investigated as a gas source for explosively pumped gas dynamic laser.

A composition of HNE as oxidizer with boron as fuel is being investigated as a new explosive.[1]

Preparation

The first synthesis was described by Wilhelm Will in 1914, using the reaction between the potassium salt of tetranitroethane with nitric acid.[2]

C2(NO2)4K2 + 4 HNO3 → C2(NO2)6 + 2 KNO3 + 2 H2O

A practicable method for industrial use starts with furfural,[3] which first undergoes oxidative ring-opening by bromine to mucobromic acid.[4] In the following step, mucobromic acid is reacted with potassium nitrite at just below room temperature to form the dipotassium salt of 2,3,3-trinitropropanal. The final product is obtained by nitration with nitric acid and sulfuric acid at −60 °C.

Properties

The thermal decomposition of hexanitroethane has been detected at 60 °C upwards in both the solid and solution phases.[5] Above 140 °C, this can occur explosively.[6] The decomposition is first order and is significantly faster in solution than in the solid. For the solid, the following reaction can be formulated:[5]

C2(NO2)6 → 3 NO2 + NO + N2O + 2 CO2

For the decomposition is solution, tetranitroethylene is first formed and can be trapped and detected as a Diels–Alder adduct, for example with anthracene or cyclopentadiene.[7][8]

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References
  1. Compatibility Testing of Hexanitroethane with Boron Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Will, W. (1914). "Über das Hexanitro-äthan". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft (in German). 47 (1): 961–965. doi:10.1002/cber.191404701154.
  3. US 3101379, "Synthesis of hexanitroethane", issued 1961-01-04
  4. Taylor, G. (2015). "MUCOBROMIC ACID". Organic Syntheses. 0: 11–12. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.000.0011.
  5. Marshall, Henry P.; Borgardt, Frank G.; Noble, Paul (1965). "Thermal Decomposition of Hexanitroethane 1a,b". The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 69 (1): 25–29. doi:10.1021/j100885a007. ISSN 0022-3654.
  6. Bretherick, L. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical hazards. Urben, P. G. (8th ed.). Amsterdam. pp. 240–241. ISBN 978-0-08-101059-4. OCLC 982005430.
  7. Griffin, T. Scott; Baum, Kurt (1980). "Tetranitroethylene. In situ formation and Diels-Alder reactions". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45 (14): 2880–2883. doi:10.1021/jo01302a024. ISSN 0022-3263.
  8. Tzeng, Dongjaw; Baum, Kurt (1983). "Reactions of hexanitroethane with alcohols". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 48 (26): 5384–5385. doi:10.1021/jo00174a053. ISSN 0022-3263.
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