A Study upon the Possibility of the Chromatographic Investigation of the Nitrogen Rich Energetic Compounds Prepared By Picryl Chloride and Heterocyclic Amines

Abstract

Nitrogen rich energetic compounds were prepared by the reaction of  hetero cyclic  amines  such as , 3-aminopirazol, 3-amino1,2,4-triazol, 3,5-diamin-1,2,4-triazol, 5-aminotetrazol, guanidine and semicarbazite  with   1-chloro-2,4,6-trinitrobenzen (picryl chloride) in alcohol media. The resulting energetic compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, 1HNMR, 13CNMR methods. The behavior of these compounds in ODS colons have also been investigated, using various MeCN, H2O and  MeOH mobile  phase compositions and the  most suitable mobile phase for the HPLC investigation of  these compounds was found to be  %60-%40 MeCN/H2O. There was a slight quantity of hydrolysis observed in the water bearing media but it was concluded that this does not affect the HPLC analysis.

Keywords: Picryl chloride, picryl substituted energetic materials, nitrogenrich energetic materials, HPLC, chromatographic separation.