RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DISSOCIATION-ENERGIES AND ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS OF C-NO2 BONDS - APPLICATIONS TO IMPACT SENSITIVITIES

New data for nitroalkanes support earlier results for nitroheterocycle s indicating that C-NO2 dissociation energies are related to the compu ted electrostatic potential maxima on the molecular surfaces above the se bond regions. This presumably explains the well-established involve ment of the electrostatic potential in impact sensitivity correlations ; a second factor, for unsaturated systems, is the internal charge sep aration in the molecule.