Synthesis of Ammonium Diaminopicrate (ADAP), a New Secondary Explosive

✍ Scribed by Anthony J. Bellamy; Simon J. Ward; Peter Golding

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 186 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0721-3115
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-4087(200204)27:2<59::aid-prep59>3.0.co;2-2

✦ Synopsis

Amination of 1,3,5-trimethoxy-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene in toluene at elevated temperature has been shown to give predominantly the new explosive ammonium 3,5-diaminopicrate (ADAP, ammonium 3,5-diamino-2,4,6-trinitrophenolate), together with some TATB. ADAP has also been synthesized in high yield via selective, partial hydrolysis of the trimethoxytrinitrobenzene, followed by amination.