Crystal Structure and Improved Synthesis of 1-(2 H -Tetrazol-5-yl)guanidium Nitrate

• Main Authors: Nimesh, Sasidharan, Ang, How-Ghee
• Other Authors: Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Molecular structure; Tetrazolyl guanidium nitrate
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80323; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42141
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Energetic derivatives of tetrazoles are one of the key areas of research focus in pursuit of novel high energy materials, useful as propellants and explosives. Herein, the crystal structure and an improved synthetic procedure of 1-(2H-tetrazol-5-yl)guanidine (1) and its nitrate salt (2) are reported...