KINETICS OF THE THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION OF BIS(2,2-DINITROPROPYL)-N-FLUOROAMINE

The kinetics of the thermal decomposition of bis(2,2-dinitropropyl)-N- fluoroamine are studied in the liquid phase. The reaction is autocatal ytic in a melt. In dilute solution, the reaction rate is described by the first-order law. It is tens of times faster in polar sulfolan than in weakly polar dimethyl phthalate. A mechanism of the decomposition involving the formation of a cyclic transition state at the first, lim iting stage of the process is suggested.