Studies in Organic Peroxides. XXVI. Organic Peroxides Derived from Acetone and Hydrogen Peroxide

Milas, Nicholas A.; c, Aleksander Golubovi

doi:10.1021/ja01533a033

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“…Properties of the pure material are reported in Table 1 along with standard military explosives for comparison. Literature procedures abound for TATP synthesis, from peer-reviewed journals and the internet, but all are similar [1,[4][5][6][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Furthermore, an internet search provides a plethora of videos and forums of individuals who candidly show and speak about making TATP.…”

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Factors Influencing Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) and Diacetone Diperoxide (DADP) Formation: Part I

Oxley

Smith

Bowden

et al. 2013

Propellants Explo Pyrotec

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Conditions which result in the formation of triacetone triperoxide (TATP) or diacetone diperoxide (DADP) from acetone and hydrogen peroxide (HP) have been studied for the purposes of inhibiting the reaction. Reaction of HP with acetone precipitates either DADP or TATP, but the overall yield and amount of each was found to depend on (1) reaction temperature; (2) the molar ratio of acid to HP/acetone; (3) initial concentrations of reactants, and (4) length of reaction. Controlling molar ratios and concentrations of starting materials was complicated because both sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide were aqueous solutions.Temperature exercised great control over the reaction outcome. Holding all molar concentrations constant and raising the temperature from 5 to 25°C showed an increase of DADP over TATP formation and a decrease in overall yield. At 25°C a good yield of TATP was obtained if the HP to acetone ratio was kept between 0.5-to-1 and 2-to-1. At constant temperature and HP-toacetone held at one-to-one ratio, acid-to-HP molar ratios between 0.10:1 and 1.2:1 produced good yield of TATP. Plotting the molality of HP versus that of sulfuric acid revealed regions in which relatively pure DADP or pure TATP could be obtained. In addition to varying reaction conditions, adulterants placed into acetone were tested to inhibit the formation of TATP. 2Because there is much speculation of the relative stability, sensitivity, including solvent wetting of crystals, and performance of DADP and TATP, standard tests (i.e. DSC, drop weight impact, and SSED) were performed.

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Factors Influencing Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) and Diacetone Diperoxide (DADP) Formation: Part I

Oxley

Smith

Bowden

et al. 2013

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“…Only a few scientific studies have been published for detection methods of TATP in postexplosion residues [5][6][7][8]. In his work, Tamiri [9] developed a method based on adsorption of volatile explosives such as TATP or nitroglycerine (NG) from the vapor phase, at the blast scene or in laboratory, by passing the vapors through a suitable adsorbent material such as Amberlite XAD-7 or Tenax.…”

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Headspace-GC/MS detection of TATP traces in post-explosion debris

Stambouli

Bouri

Bouayoun

et al. 2004

Forensic Science International

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“…In fact, under identical experimental conditions, H202 binds to VO(OEt) 3 in ethanol at least lO00-fold better than t-BuO2H [53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60], and it might be related, as discussed later on, to the possibility of H202 acting as a bidentate ligand giving rise to cyclic peroxo complexes in solution. It is also worth mentioning that an identical situation is observed for the association to Mo(Vl) and Ti(IV) derivatives, which could lead to a similar conclusion [52].…”

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“…On the contrary, the two peroxides should behave as nucleophiles of similar ability as indicated by their association constants to carbonyl compounds and to non-transition metals such as boron[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60]. Therefore, a convincing explanation should be found in the unique possibility of hydrogen peroxide behaving as a bidentate ligand giving rise to cyclic peroxidic species, whereas linear arrangements of the peroxo groups are expected for alkylhydroperoxides in protic media.…”

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