Energetic Hydrazine-Based Salts with Nitrogen-Rich and Oxidizing Anions

1,1,1-Trimethylhydrazinium iodide ([(CH3)3N?NH2]I, 1) was reacted with a silver salt to form the corresponding nitrate ([(CH3)3N?NH2][NO3], 2), perchlorate ([(CH3)3N?NH2][ClO4], 3), azide ([(CH3)3N?NH2][N3], 4), 5-amino-1H-tetrazolate ([(CH3)3N?NH2][H2N?CN4], 5), and sulfate ([(CH3)3N?NH2]2[SO4]center dot 2H2O, 6 center dot 2H2O) salts. The metathesis reaction of compound 6 center dot 2H2O with barium salts led to the formation of the corresponding picrate ([(CH3)3N?NH2][(NO2)3Ph-O], 7), dinitramide ([(CH3)3N?NH2][N(NO2)2], 8), 5-nitrotetrazolate ([(CH3)3N?NH2][O2N?CN4], 9), and nitroformiate ([(CH3)3N?NH2][C(NO2)3], 10) salts. Compounds 110 were characterized by elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, infrared/Raman spectroscopy, and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy (1H, 13C, and 15N). Additionally, compounds 1, 6, and 7 were also characterized by low-temperature X-ray diffraction techniques (XRD). Ba(NH4)(NT)3 (NT=5-nitrotetrazole anion) was accidentally obtained during the synthesis of the 5-nitrotetrazole salt 9 and was also characterized by low-temperature XRD. Furthermore, the structure of the [(CH3)3N?NH2]+ cation was optimized using the B3LYP method and used to calculate its vibrational frequencies, NBO charges, and electronic energy. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to assess the thermal stabilities of salts 25 and 710, and the sensitivities of the materials towards classical stimuli were estimated by submitting the compounds to standard (BAM) tests. Lastly, we computed the performance parameters (detonation pressures/velocities and specific impulses) and the decomposition gases of compounds 25 and 710 and those of their oxygen-balanced mixtures with an oxidizer.