Thermal rearrangement of 1, 4-dinitroimidazole to 2, 4-dinitroimidazole: characterization and investigation of the mechanism by mass spectrometry and isotope …

…, R Damavarapu, JR Autera, R Behrens Jr…

Index: Bulusu, S.; Damavarapu, R.; Autera, J. R.; Behrens, R., Jr.; Minier, L. M.; et al. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1995 , vol. 99, # 14 p. 5009 - 5015

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Abstract

The thermal rearrangement of 1, 4-dinitroimidazole to 2, 4-dinitroimidazole has been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and mass spectrometry techniques. When mixtures of independently prepared deuteriumand 15N-labeled samples of the 1P-isomer were subjected to thermal rearrangement, the resulting 2, 4-dinitroimidazole failed to show isotope-scrambled molecular ions in its mass spectrum, suggesting that the reaction was ...