Cyclonite

• Formula: C₃H₆N₆O₆
• Molecular weight: 222.1163
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6N6O6/c10-7(11)4-1-5(8(12)13)3-6(2-4)9(14)15/h1-3H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XTFIVUDBNACUBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 121-82-4
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 1,3,5-Triazine, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-; RDX; s-Triazine, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-; Cyclonit; Cyclotrimethylenenitramine; Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine; Geksogen; Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine; Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine; Hexogen; Hexogen 5W; PBX(AF) 108; Trimethylenetrinitramine; T4; 1,3,5-Triaza-1,3,5-Trinitrocyclohexane; 1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane; 1,3,5-Trinitrohexahydro-s-triazine; 1,3,5-Trinitrohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine; 1,3,5-Trinitroperhydro-1,3,5-triazine; sym-Trimethylenetrinitramine; Esaidro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazina; Heksogen; Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazin; Hexogeen; Hexogen (explosive); Hexolite; Trimethyleentrinitramine; Trinitrocyclotrimethylene triamine; Cyklonit; PBXW 108(E); UN 0072; 1,3,5-Triazacyclohexane 1,3,5-trinitro-; CX 84A; NSC 312447; PE 4; perhydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Gas Chromatography

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Hall, 1971
Hall, P.G., Thermal decomposition and phase transition in solid nitramines, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1971, 67, 556-62. [all data]

Cundall, Frank Palmer, et al., 1978
Cundall, Robert B.; Frank Palmer, T.; Wood, Colin E.C., Vapour pressure measurements on some organic high explosives, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1978, 74, 0, 1339, https://doi.org/10.1039/f19787401339 . [all data]

Edwards, 1953
Edwards, G., The vapour pressure of cyclo-trimethylenetrinitramine (cyclonite) and pentaerythritoltetranitrate, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1953, 49, 152. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Pepekin, Matyushin, et al., 1974
Pepekin, V.I.; Matyushin, Yu.N.; Lebedev, Yu.A., Thermochemistry of N-nitro- and N-nitrosoamines of the alicyclic series, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1974, 1707-1710. [all data]

Rosen and Dickinson, 1969
Rosen, Jerome M.; Dickinson, Charles, Vapor pressures and heats of sublimation of some high-melting organic explosives, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1969, 14, 1, 120-124, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60040a044 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Hall, 1971, 2
Hall, P.G., Thermal decomposition and phase transitions in solid nitramines, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1971, 67(3), 556-562. [all data]

Hobbs and Conde, 1992
Hobbs, J.R.; Conde, E.P., Gas chromatographic retention indices of explosives and nitro-compounds in Advances in Analysis and Detection of Explosives: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Analysis of Detection of Explosives, September 7-10, 1992, Jerusalem Israel, J. Yinon, ed(s)., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 1992, 153-164. [all data]

Staples, 2005
Staples, E.J., Ultrahigh-speed chromatography and virtual chemical sensors for detecting explosives and chemical warfare agents, IEEE Sens. J., 2005, 5, 4, 622-631, https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2005.850990 . [all data]

Staples, 2004
Staples, E.J., Analysis of odors from explosives using an electronic nose, 2004, retrieved from http://www.estcal.com/TechPapers/Odors_of_Explosives.doc. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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