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octogen
Sign in to saveAlso known as tetramethylenetetranitramine, HMX, cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine, octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine, 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetraazacyclooctane, 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane
HMX, also called octogen, is a powerful and relatively insensitive nitroamine high explosive chemically related to RDX. The compound's name is the subject of much speculation, having been variously listed as High Melting Explosive, High-velocity Military Explosive, or High-Molecular-weight RDX, as well as '''Her Majesty's Explosive'''.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H8N8O8
- Molecular weight
- 296.16 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane
- SMILES
- C1N(CN(CN(CN1[N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-]
- InChIKey
- UZGLIIJVICEWHF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.1
- Polar surface area
- 196 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 12
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Synthesis
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- Health and environmental fate
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- Toxicity
- Biodegradation
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HMX, also called octogen, is a powerful and relatively insensitive nitroamine high explosive chemically related to RDX. The compound's name is the subject of much speculation, having been variously listed as High Melting Explosive, High-velocity Military Explosive, or High-Molecular-weight RDX, as well as '''Her Majesty's Explosive'.
The molecular structure of HMX consists of an eight-membered ring of alternating carbon and nitrogen atoms, with a nitro group attached to each nitrogen atom. Because of its high mass-specific enthalpy of formation, it is one of the most potent chemical explosives manufactured, although a number of newer ones, including HNIW, TKX-50, and ONC, are more powerful.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “octogen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.