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hexanitrostilbene
Sign in to saveHexanitrostilbene (HNS), also called JD-X, is an organic compound with the formula [(O2N)3C6H2CH]2. It is a yellow-orange solid. It is used as a heat-resistant high explosive. It is slightly soluble (0.1 - 5 g/100 mL) in butyrolactone, DMF, DMSO, and N-methylpyrrolidone.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C14H6N6O12
- Molecular weight
- 450.23 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,3,5-trinitro-2-[2-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)ethenyl]benzene
- SMILES
- C1=C(C=C(C(=C1[N+](=O)[O-])C=CC2=C(C=C(C=C2[N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-]
- InChIKey
- YSIBQULRFXITSW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.2
- Polar surface area
- 275 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 12
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 450.0043696319999
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- chemical formula
- C₁₄H₆N₆O₁₂
- canonical SMILES
- O=[N+]([O-])c1c(ccc(c1[N+]([O-])=O)[N+]([O-])=O)/C=C/c2ccc([N+]([O-])=O)c([N+]([O-])=O)c2[N+]([O-])=O
- Commons category
- Hexanitrostilbene
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Production and use
- See also
- References
Hexanitrostilbene (HNS), also called JD-X, is an organic compound with the formula [(O2N)3C6H2CH]2. It is a yellow-orange solid. It is used as a heat-resistant high explosive. It is slightly soluble (0.1 - 5 g/100 mL) in butyrolactone, DMF, DMSO, and N-methylpyrrolidone.
==Production and use== It is produced by oxidizing trinitrotoluene (TNT) with chlorine bleach (sodium hypochlorite). HNS boasts a higher insensitivity to heat than TNT, and like TNT it is insensitive to impact. When casting TNT, HNS is added at 0.5% to form erratic micro-crystals within the TNT, which prevent cracking. Because of its insensitivity but high explosive properties, HNS is used in space missions. It was the main explosive fill in the seismic source generating mortar ammunition canisters used as part of the Apollo Lunar Active Seismic Experiments.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hexanitrostilbene” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.