Synthesis, structure, molecular orbital and valence bond calculations for tetrazole azide, CHN7

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 165-173

  Hammerl, Anton ^a   Klapötke, Thomas M ^a   Nöth, Heinrich ^a   Warchhold, Markus ^a   Holl, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bundeswehr Res Inst for Materials   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azido tetrazole; Electrostatic potentials; Explosives; Molecular orbital (MO) calculations; Tetrazole azide; Valence bond (VB) calculations

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CALCULATIONS; FRICTION; METHANOL; NITROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMINOTETRAZOLE; DIAZOTATION REACTION; DIETHYLETHER; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR ORBITAL CALCULATIONS; SODIUM AZIDE; TETRAZOLE AZIDE; VALENCE BOND CALCULATIONS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 0141494484     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200300001     Document Type: Article

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