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Wentrup C. Nitrogen- and Sulfur-Containing Energetic Compounds. 64 Years of Fascinating Chemistry. Aust J Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1071/ch19263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
This essay details the author’s work with high-energy molecules based on sulfur or nitrogen, or both, which started with amateur rocket propellants like zinc dust and sulfur followed by experiments with the highly sensitive compounds nitrogen trichloride and fulminating gold. Research on the inorganic and organic fulminates and the isomeric cyanates led to detailed investigations of reactive intermediates generated by flash vacuum pyrolysis or photolysis, in particular nitrenes and carbenes derived from azides, diazo compounds, triazoles, and tetrazoles and characterized in low temperature matrices.
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Koch R, Wentrup C. Rearrangements of Acyl, Thioacyl, and Imidoyl (Thio)cyanates to Iso(thio)cyanates, Acyl Iso(thio)cyanates to (Thio)acyl Isocyanates, and Imidoyl Iso(thio)cyanates to (Thio)acyl Carbodiimides, RCX-YCN ⇌ RCX-NCY ⇌ RCY-NCX ⇌ RCY-XCN (X and Y = O, S, NR′). J Org Chem 2012; 78:1802-10. [DOI: 10.1021/jo3013786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Rainer Koch
- Institut für Reine und Angewandte Chemie and Center of Interface
Science, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, PO Box 2503, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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Koch R, Finnerty JJ, Murali S, Wentrup C. [3,3]-Sigmatropic Shifts and Retro-ene Rearrangements in Cyanates, Isocyanates, Thiocyanates, and Isothiocyanates of the Form RX-YCN and RX-NCY. J Org Chem 2012; 77:1749-59. [DOI: 10.1021/jo2023069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Rainer Koch
- Institut für Reine und Angewandte Chemie
and Center of Interface Science, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, P.O. Box 2503, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institut für Reine und Angewandte Chemie
and Center of Interface Science, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, P.O. Box 2503, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institut für Reine und Angewandte Chemie
and Center of Interface Science, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, P.O. Box 2503, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular
Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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