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FOX-7 (1,1-Diamino-2,2-Dinitroethylene)

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FOX-7 (1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene) was first synthesized in 1998 by the FOA Defense Research Establishment (Sweden). Synthesis of the FOX-7 and its structural, spectroscopic, and explosive properties are described in this chapter. The chemical reactivity of FOX-7 towards nucleophilic substitution (transamination), electrophilic substitution, and acid-base properties, thermal behavior (phase transformations and thermal decomposition, molecular structure and physical properties, other energetic molecules that are structurally related to FOX-7 are also summarized in this chapter.

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  1. Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Dabir S. Viswanath

  2. Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory, Cockrell School of Engineering, Austin, TX, USA

    Dabir S. Viswanath

  3. Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Tushar K. Ghosh

  4. Environmental Processes Branch, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Champaign, IL, USA

    Veera M. Boddu

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Viswanath, D.S., Ghosh, T.K., Boddu, V.M. (2018). FOX-7 (1,1-Diamino-2,2-Dinitroethylene). In: Emerging Energetic Materials: Synthesis, Physicochemical, and Detonation Properties. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1201-7_3

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