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Energetic salts based on dipicrylamine and its amino derivative were synthesized. All salts were fully characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy ((1)H, (13)C), vibrational spectroscopy (IR), and elemental analysis. Ethylenediammonium di-DPA (DPA=dipicrylamine) and 1,3-diaminoguanidinium DPA were further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. These salts exhibit reasonable physical properties, such as high densities (1.71-1.81 g cm(-3)), good thermal stabilities (T(d) =155-285 °C), and low solubilities in water. The impact sensitivity of 1-methyl-3,4,5-triamino-1,2,4-triazolium DPA is lower than that of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), and for some other energetic salts their impact sensitivities are comparable to that of TNT. Based on experimental densities and theoretical calculations carried out by using the Gaussian 03 suite of programs, all the salts have calculated detonation pressures (22.5-27.8 GPa) and velocities (7226-7917 m s(-1)) that exceed those of conventional TNT. The toxicities of these salts measured by luminescent bacteria toxicity tests are much lower than that of TNT, and two binary eutectic mixtures with melting points that fall between 70 and 100 °C were identified.

N‐heterocyclic compounds are key nitration precursors for some high energy density explosives such as 1,3,5,7‐tetranitro‐1,3,5,7‐tetraazacyclooctane (HMX). Nitration of 1,3,5,7‐tetraacetyl‐1,3,5,7‐tetraazacyclooctane (TAT) yields HMX in high yields and purity. However, the analogue 1,3,5‐triacetyl‐1,3,5‐triazacyclohexane (TRAT) is easily co‐produced via the condensation of acetonitrile and 1,3,5‐trioxan. To selectively extract TAT from a mixture of TAT and TRAT, the molecular imprinting technology (MIT) was developed in this study. The capacity of the dry polymer is 16 mg g−1 and the recovery surpasses 75 %.

L-Quebrachitol (QCT) is a valuable active ingredient found in rubber latex serum. Due to its high polarity, quantitative analysis of QCT is difficult on traditional reverse phase liquid chromatography (RPLC). Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) using a Shiseido PC HILIC column (250 Â 4.6 mm) and an evaporative light-scattering detector (ELSD) was found to be convenient for the analysis of QCT. The mobile phase was acetonitrile-water (60:40, v=v), retention factor is 0.92. Outstanding detection linearity (5 Â 10 À5 -4 g=L) and limit of detection (LOD, 8 Â 10 À6 g=L) was achieved. Using this method, 2.2% wt QCT was determined to be present in rubber latex waste water. The retention of QCT on PC HILIC, which was immobilized with phosphorylcholine, was also investigated theoretically, the interaction energy between QCT and phosphorylcholine group is À51.498 kJ=mol, and DH 0 and DS 0 for the retention of QCT on PC HILIC is À0.699 kJ=mol and 2.72 J=mol Á K, respectively.

The molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for two structural analogs, 1,3,5-triacetyl-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane (TRAT) and 1,3,5,7-tetraacetyl-1,3,5,7-tetraazacyclooctane (TAT), have been synthesized respectively under the same conditions. The TAT-MIP showed excellent imprinting effect, whereas the TRAT-MIP did not. To understand the different imprinting effects of the MIPs prepared from these two templates, the geometric structures and energetic properties of complexes formed around TAT and TRAT were studied computationally. The results indicate that in liquid phase, for the complexes formed with TAT and its nearest neighbor molecules, the magnitude of the binding energy increases with the number of surrounding TAT, methacrylic acid, and acetonitrile (ACT), whereas for the cases of TRAT, the magnitude of the binding energy increases with the number of surrounding TRAT and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate. The studied systems form stronger and thus more stable networks encapsulating TAT than with TRAT. ACT may also play an important role in the polymerization phase in stabilizing the shapes of the cavities that TATs reside in. We propose these as the major factors that affect the different imprinting effects of the two MIPs. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.