Chemiluminescence detection of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane (RDX) and related nitramine explosives

Donaldson, David N. and Barnett, Neil W. and Agg, Kent M. and Graham, Duncan and Lenehan, Claire E. and Prior, Chad and Lim, Kieran F. and Francis, Paul S. (2012) Chemiluminescence detection of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane (RDX) and related nitramine explosives. Talanta, 88. pp. 743-748. ISSN 0039-9140 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2011.11.051)

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Abstract

A simple controlled chemical reduction of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane (RDX) and related nitramine compounds with zinc amalgam generates species that elicit intense chemiluminescence with tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(III), which extends this widely utilised chemiluminescence reagent to a new class of analyte and presents a sound chemical basis for a screening test for nitramine high explosives. Examination of the chemiluminescence profiles under stopped-flow conditions revealed contributions from multiple transient species formed in the initial reduction step.

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