TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemiluminescence detection of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane (RDX) and related nitramine explosives
AU - Donaldson, David
AU - Barnett, Neil
AU - Agg, Kent
AU - Graham, Duncan
AU - Lenehan, Claire
AU - Prior, Chad
AU - Lim, Kieran
AU - Francis, Paul
PY - 2012/1/15
Y1 - 2012/1/15
N2 - A simple controlled chemical reduction of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5- triazacyclohexane (RDX) and related nitramine compounds with zinc amalgam generates species that elicit intense chemiluminescence with tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(III), which extends this widely utilised chemiluminescence reagent to a new class of analyte and presents a sound chemical basis for a screening test for nitramine high explosives. Examination of the chemiluminescence profiles under stopped-flow conditions revealed contributions from multiple transient species formed in the initial reduction step.
AB - A simple controlled chemical reduction of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5- triazacyclohexane (RDX) and related nitramine compounds with zinc amalgam generates species that elicit intense chemiluminescence with tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(III), which extends this widely utilised chemiluminescence reagent to a new class of analyte and presents a sound chemical basis for a screening test for nitramine high explosives. Examination of the chemiluminescence profiles under stopped-flow conditions revealed contributions from multiple transient species formed in the initial reduction step.
KW - Chemiluminescence detection
KW - Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
KW - Flow injection analysis
KW - Nitramine explosive
KW - Ruthenium complexes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855932145&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.11.051
DO - 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.11.051
M3 - Article
SN - 0039-9140
VL - 88
SP - 743
EP - 748
JO - Talanta
JF - Talanta
ER -