1, 3-Bishomocubane: a kinetic rock, a thermodynamic powerhouse and a compelling chiral synthetic scaffold

GL Tejashree, A Dave, N Kumbhakarna… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the last several decades, saturated polycyclic cage compounds have remained a point
of interest for organic chemists because of their unique characteristics and reactivity. For the …

Design and synthesis of phenylene-bridged isoxazole and tetrazole-1-ol based energetic materials of low sensitivity

S Lal, RJ Staples, MS Jean'ne - Dalton Transactions, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A variety of phenylene-bridged isoxazole and tetrazole-1-ol based green energetic materials
was synthesized, for the first time, in good to excellent yields. The structures of the newly …

Design and Synthesis of Cage Molecules as High Energy Density Materials for Aerospace Applications

S Kotha, SR Cheekatla, M Meshram - ChemCatChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This account deals with our work on cage systems that was reported during the past two
decades. Here, we summarized various new synthetic routes to diverse cage polycycles by …

Approaches to 1, 4‐Disubstituted Cubane Derivatives as Energetic Materials: Design, Theoretical Studies and Synthesis

S Lal, A Bhattacharjee, A Chowdhury… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Novel 1, 4‐disubstituted cubane derivatives have been designed and selected
ones have been successfully synthesized and characterized by various analytical and …

Superior Thermostability, Good Detonation Properties, Insensitivity, and the Effect on the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate for a New Solvent‐Free …

Q Yang, G Yang, W Zhang, S Zhang… - … A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A new solvent‐free energetic MOF,[Pb (HBTI)] n (1)(H3BTI= 4, 5‐bis (1H‐tetrazole)‐1H‐
imidazole), has been synthesized under hydrothermal and acidic conditions. It was …

Design and computational insight into two novel CL-20 analogues, BNMTNIW and BNIMTNIW: High performance energetic materials

S Lal, H Gao, MS Jean'ne - New Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, a theoretical insight into two newly designed novel CL-20 based high
performance energetic compounds, namely bis (nitromethyl)-tetranitrohexaaza …

Theoretical studies on the propulsive and explosive performance of strained polycyclic cage compounds

L Mallick, S Lal, S Reshmi, INN Namboothiri… - New Journal of …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Compounds consisting of a carbon-based cage have a highly strained molecular structure
and have become the subject of interest in recent years because they possess high heat of …

Pentacycloundecane (PCUD)‐Based Cage Frameworks as Potential Energetic Materials: Syntheses and Characterization

S Kotha, SR Cheekatla, S Lal, L Mallick… - Asian Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A new variety of cage frameworks containing pentacycloundecane (PCUD) were
synthesized. These compounds contain azide and triazole units. Four new cage frameworks …

Synthesis and energetic properties of homocubane based high energy density materials

S Lal, A Chowdhury, N Kumbhakarna… - Organic Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The energetic properties of homocubane derivatives have been evaluated for the first time.
The newly synthesized compounds have been fully characterized by spectroscopic methods …

Droplet combustion studies on two novel energetic propellants, an RP-1 surrogate fuel, and their blends

A Sankaranarayanan, S Lal, INN Namboothiri… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Droplet combustion behaviour of an RP-1 surrogate fuel (RP-1-s), its constituents, and two
novel energetic fuels–1, 3-bishomocubane dimer (BHCD) and bis (nitratomethyl)-1-3 …