Pentanitrogen(1+)cation and salt containing the same (US Patent 6224696)

Patent number: 6224696 Granted: 2001-05-01 Filed: 1999-07-15 Inventors: Karl O. Christe (Calabasas, CA, US); William W. Wilson (Simi Valley, CA, US) Assignees: Raytheon Company (Lexington, MA, US)

Abstract

A homoleptic polynitrogen ion and salts thereof are described as being highly exothermic in nature and thus give rise to compounds useful for propulsion and explosive applications, among others. Also described are processes for the macroscopic production of compounds containing homoleptic polynitrogen.