The thermal decomposition of six energetic nitraminato complexes of Cu (II), Pd (I1) and Ni (I1) was investigated at 5" C/min by IR spectroscopy and DSC and at 100" C/s (to simulate combustion) by rapid-scan infrared spectroscopy. The objective was to correlate, insofar as possible, the structure and bonding of the parent complex to the decomposition behavior and products. The metal-nitraminato complexes decompose very rapidly. The gases ...