Mass spectral fragmentation pathways in cyclic difluoramino and nitro compounds
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-2000
Abstract
The recently synthesized compounds 4,4-bis(difluoramino)-1-nitropiperidine (I), 1,4,4-trinitropiperidine (II), 1,1,4,4-tetranitrocyclohexane (III), 1,1,4,4-tetrakis(difluoramino)cyclohexane (IV) and 3,3,7,7-tetrakis(difluoramino)octahydro-1,5-dinitro-1,5-diazocine (HNFX, V) are being considered as potential energetic materials. The mass spectra of these compounds were studied using electron ionization (EI) mass spectrometry. A collision-induced dissociation (CID) study of the major EI peaks was carried out using a Finnigan TSQ 700 tandem mass spectrometer. The mass fragmentation pathways are constructed and discussed. The decomposition of HNFX (V), under EI, appeared to parallel the thermal decomposition of nitramines where N-NO2 cleavage is often the first step. However, the two nitramines with a six-membered ring structure (I and II) underwent initial loss of a geminal substituent; loss of a nitramine nitro group was the secondary step. The two cyclohexane structures (III and IV) showed similar initial fragmentation pathways, featuring successive losses of nitro or difluoramino groups. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Journal of Mass Spectrometry
Volume
35
Issue
7
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Zhang, Jun, Jimmie Oxley, James Smith, Clifford Bedford, and Robert Chapman. "Mass spectral fragmentation pathways in cyclic difluoramino and nitro compounds." Journal of Mass Spectrometry 35, 7 (2000): 841-852. doi: 10.1002/1096-9888(200007)35:7<841::AID-JMS8>3.0.CO;2-0.