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
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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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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Phase change data

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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

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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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]

Krien, Licht, et al., 1973
Krien, G.; Licht, H.H.; Zierath, J., Thermochemical investigation of nitramines, Thermochim. Acta, 1973, 6, 465-472. [all data]

Handrick, 1956
Handrick, G.R., Report of the study of pure explosive compounds. Part IV. Calculation of heat of combustion of organic compounds from structural features and calculation of power of high explosives, Rpt. C-58247 for the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, contract DA-19-020-ORD-47 by the Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA, 1956, 467-573. [all data]

Delepine and Badoche, 1942
Delepine, M.; Badoche, M., Thermochimie de l'aldehyde formique, de l'hexamethylene-tetramine et de ses derive, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 1942, 214, 777-780. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Young, Keith, et al., 1956
Young, J.A.; Keith, J.E.; Stehle, P.; Dzombak, W.C.; Hunt, H., Heats of combustion of some organic nitrogen compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1956, 48, 1375-1378. [all data]

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]

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:
  

  Cp,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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