Originally posted by Chris The Great
Oh, I never implied that the hexaiodoxy compound would not be powerful, what I was trying to say is that I think it would be like mercury fulminate or
something, in that the large, heavy atom dilutes the explosive effect and so VoD, Det pressure, brisance etc are low despite a very high density. It
is still explosive but it does not have great disruptive power or blast power from all the mercury it contains, and I think the same thing would
happen with the hexaiodoxy compound except that iodine would be the dilutant.
The problem with your hypothetical molecule is that those nitrogen rings do form easily and only exist on one molecule. Attempts to introduce even
one of those rings on a benzene molecule has resulted in immediate decomposition even at dry ice temperatures. So despite the fact that it looks
stable on paper, in real life it is very different (unfortunately )
The other problem is that it does not from hexanitrosylbezene, but rather an oxidized version of the TATB molecule, with an additional oxygen on every
second ntirogen. I checked Urbanski (vol 3, pg 193) and it gives the name of benzotrifuroxane and also a structural diagram. |