N-β-Nitroxyethyl derivatives of 1,1'-[methylenebis(oxy)]bis(triaz-1-ene 2-oxides)

Synthetic procedures towards new N-β-hydroxyethyl- and N-β-bromoethylated 1,1'-[methyl enebis(oxy)]bis(triaz-1-ene 2-oxides) were developed. N-β-Nitroxyethyl[methylenebis(oxy)]- bis(triaz-1-ene 2-oxides) were first synthesized by nitration of N-β-hydroxyethyl derivatives and nucleophilic substitution of the bromine atom of N-β-bromoethyl derivatives. The first representative of a new class of energetic compounds, namely, (1-nitroxymethoxy)triaz-1-ene 2-oxide, was synthesized.