A new high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method has been developed for the quantitative analysis of diphenylamine and its N-nitroso- and C-nitro derivatives found in single-base gun propellants. Of the potential derivatives, only 2- and 4-nitrodiphenylamine, 2,2 prime , 2,4 prime - and 4,4 prime -dinitrodiphenylamine, 2,2 prime 4- and 2,4,4 prime -trinitro-diphenylamine, 2,2+40,4,4 prime -tetranitrodipheynlamine, N-nitrosodiphenylamine and 4-nitro-N-nitrosodiphenylamine were found in major amounts. Minor derivatives noted were: 2,4-dinitrodiphenylamine, 2-nitro-N-nitrosodiphenylamine, 2,4 prime - and 4,4 prime -dinitro-N-nitrosodiphenylamine. This HPLC method can be used to quantify all the major derivatives in a single chromatogram and importantly, can be used even in the presence of propellant additives dinitrotoluene, di(ethylhexyl) phthalate and dibutyl phthalate. This procedure provides the most effective analysis of stabilizer in single-base propellants yet published.