Dr. BOOM
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FOX-7
Do we have information on this explosive on this caht board? How is it made?
[Edited on 22-12-2004 by Dr. BOOM]
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Nick F
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"A synthesis more amenable to scale-up involves the condensation of acetamidine hydrochloride and diethyl oxalate in MeOH to yield a mixture of
2-methylene-4,5-imidazolidinedione and 2-methoxy-2-methyl-4,5-imidazolidinedione (23). Recrystalisation of the mixture from MeOH yields 23 which was
nitrated and treated with ammonium hydroxide [at pH 8-9] to yield FOX-7 in 50% overall yield."
When it says "more amenable to scale-up," I think that is compared to the route starting with 2-methylimidazole, involving
nitration/oxidation to something a bit more complex, followed by hydrolysis to FOX-7. The intermediate in this reaction is sensitive, and so it is not
favoured.
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Joeychemist
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Fox-7
There is a thread on RogueSci discussing this explosive, The thread can be found here;
http://www.roguesci.org/theforum/showthread.php?t=204&highlight=FOX-7
Edit]Nick I really like you're website
[Edited on 22-12-2004 by Joeychemist]
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Nick F
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Lol, I haven't done anything to my site in ages. No motivation, that's my problem. But thanks anyway .
The Roguesci thread is where I got that quote from. I also have some patents which I'll try to dig out later...
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