Seeking to identify structural features of saturated, (all) tertiary, alkyl multiamines (STAMs) that correlate with hypergolic ignition delays, conformers of STAMS whose ignition delays have been measured were established through density functional theory-based calculations. Examined from the standpoint of lone pair/(C-N and C-C) bond orientations, a correlation is suggested. Conformers of 1,3-dimethylimidizolidine (DMIZ), a notional hypergol whose synthesis and testing was originally recommended for other reasons, were therefore characterized. On ...
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