Thermal Decomposition of 2,4,6-Triazido-1,3,5-Triazine

The thermal decomposition of 2,4,6-triazido-1,3,5-triazine in the melt and a dinonyl phthalate solution is studied by thermogravimetry, manometry, mass spectrometry, and IR spectroscopy. The kinetic and activation parameters of the process are determined. The only gaseous product of the reaction is nitrogen. This fact, along with the structure of the condensed residue formed during the thermal decomposition of 2,4,6-triazido-1,3,5-triazine in the melt, are indicative of the abstraction of a nitrogen molecule from an azide group at the initial stage and of the subsequent reactions leading to the formation of a planar network of polyconjugated bonds between C and N atoms. For the thermal decomposition of 2,4,6-triazido-1,3,5-triazine in solution the preexponential factor and activation energy are found to be 10(12.8) s(-1) and 34100 cal/mol, respectively, which are characteristic of the thermal decomposition of most azides. To explain why these parameters are substantially higher for the reaction in the melt (10(17.4) s(-1) and 42300 cal/mol), it is assumed that, in this case, the process proceeds by the polymerization (polycondensation) mechanism to form two-dimensional networks, with the apparent kinetic parameters being effective quantities. Based on these data, it is concluded that the high sensitivity of 2,4,6-triazido-1,3,5-triazine to external influences is of kinetic nature.