Xylitol pentanitrate – Its characterization and analysis

Kelly Anne S. Stark; Jason R. Gascooke; Christopher T. Gibson; Claire E. Lenehan; Callum Bonnar; Mark Fitzgerald; K. Paul Kirkbride

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110472

Xylitol pentanitrate – Its characterization and analysis

Kelly Anne S. Stark, Jason R. Gascooke, Christopher T. Gibson, Claire E. Lenehan, Callum Bonnar, Mark Fitzgerald, K. Paul Kirkbride

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Abstract

Xylitol is a polyhydric alcohol that may be nitrated to form an explosive (xylitol pentanitrate or XPN). Consequently, forensic and first response personnel may encounter XPN in post-blast residues or as a bulk material. Despite this, key analytical data for XPN that may be used in first response or forensic operations to aid its detection are not yet available in the literature. The present article provides infrared spectrometry, Raman spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, chromatography and mass spectrometry data in order to address this knowledge gap.

Original language	English
Article number	110472
Number of pages	10
Journal	Forensic Science International
Volume	316
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110472
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020

Keywords

Analysis
Explosives
Gas chromatography
Infrared
Liquid chromatography
Mass spectrometry
Nitrate esters
NMR
Raman
Xylitolpentanitrate

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