New Hydrazinium Salts of 5,5'-Azotetrazolate
Abstract Salts of the 5,5′-azotetrazolate dianion with several different hydrazinium cations were pre pared. The compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, vibrational spectroscopy (IR, Raman) and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy (1H, 13C, 14 N). The crystal structures of the di-tert-butylhydrazinium, the ethylenedihydrazinium, the diguanidinium and the bis-triamino-guanidinium azotetrazolate were determined. The thermal, shock and friction sensitivities of all compounds were investigated and their explosion products were analysed. For the 5,5′-azotetr-azolate dianion the structure was calculated with density functional theory (B3-LYP). An NBO analysis was performed for the 5,5′-azotetrazolate dianion in order to understand the charge distribution of the dianion.