NTB – a Green Energetic Molecule with Extreme Performance

NTB – a Green Energetic Molecule with Extreme Performance Full article

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FirePhysChem
ISSN: 2667-1344

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Year: 2026, DOI: 10.1016/j.fpc.2026.01.002

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Gakh Andrei A. ^1,2 , Semenov Victor V. ³

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1	The Discovery Chemistry Project, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
2	The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
3	N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation

The performance of four modern zero oxygen balance green energetic compounds was evaluated as potential candidates for the next generation of autonomous miniature aerospace applications. These compounds were [[1], [2], [3], [4]]tetrazino[5,6-e][1,2,3,4]tetrazine-1,3,6,8-tetraoxide (TTTO), octanitrocubane (ONC), 4,4′-dinitro-3,3′-azofuroxan (DAF), and bis[2,2-dinitro-2-(5-nitrotetrazol-2-yl)ethyl]nitramide (NTB). A comparative evaluation confirms that all these compounds marginally outperform the best industrially produced energetic compounds, but only one, NTB, can (in theory) break the 10,000 m/s detonation velocity and 50 GPa detonation pressure barriers. However, the high sensitivity associated with its extreme performance presents a significant challenge for practical applications.

Gakh A.A. , Semenov V.V.
NTB – a Green Energetic Molecule with Extreme Performance
FirePhysChem. 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.fpc.2026.01.002 OpenAlex

Submitted:	Nov 22, 2025
Published print:	Jan 5, 2026

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