New Hydrazinium Salts of 5,5'-Azotetrazolate

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.