Trinitramide

Trinitramide
IUPAC name N,N-Dinitronitramide
Other names Trinitroamine
Identifiers
CAS number	113282-38-5 Y
ChemSpider	24751851 Y
Jmol-3D images	Image 1 Image 2
SMILES O=N(=O)N(N(=O)=O)N(=O)=O N([N+](=O)[O-])([N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-]
InChI InChI=1S/N4O6/c5-2(6)1(3(7)8)4(9)10 Y Key: LZLKDWBQTGTOQY-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
Properties
Molecular formula	N4O6
Molar mass	152.02 g mol−1
Exact mass	151.981783752 g mol-1
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Infobox references

Trinitramide is a compound of nitrogen and oxygen with the molecular formula N(NO₂)₃. The compound was detected and described in 2010 by researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden.^[1]

Earlier, there had been speculation^{[by whom?]} whether trinitramide could exist.^{[Need quotation to verify]} Theoretical calculations by Montgomery and Michels in 1993 showed that the compound was likely to be stable.^[2]

Trinitramide has a potential use as one of the most efficient and least polluting of rocket propellant oxidizers, as it is chlorine-free.^[3] This is potentially an important development, because the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation implies that even small improvements in rocket delta-v can make large improvements in the size of practical rocket launch payloads. The density impulse (impulse per volume) of a trinitramide based propellant could be 20 to 30 per cent better than most existing formulations ^[4], however the specific impulse (impulse per mass) of formulations with liquid oxygen is higher ^[5].

References

1. ^ Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Early View, Dec. 23, 2010
2. ^ J. A. Montgomery Jr. and H. H. Michels (July 1993). "Structure and stability of trinitramide". Journal of Physical Chemistry 97 (26): 6774–6775. doi:10.1021/j100128a005. 
3. ^ Discovery of New Molecule Could Lead to More Efficient Rocket Fuel, Science Daily, 2010-12-22, accessed 2011-01-03.
4. ^ http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/January/07011103.asp
5. ^ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/anie.201007047/asset/supinfo/anie_201007047_sm_miscellaneous_information.pdf?v=1&s=2b7789919ea7a0858400749fd4a8859942236a1e