Packing structures and periodic band calculations on DPO (2,5-dipicryl-1,3,4-oxadiazole).

J Hazard Mater

Department of Chemistry, Computation Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China.

Published: September 2009

Molecular mechanics (MM) method with Compass and Dreiding force fields is used to predict molecular packing for DPO among the 7 most possible space groups (P2(1)/c, P-1, P2(1)2(1)2(1), P2(1), Pbca, C2/c, and Pna2(1)), respectively. Then, periodic band calculations are performed on the predicted crystals using the DFT-GGA-RPBE method. Obtained density of state (DOS) shows that C-O, CN-O(2) and N-N bonds are possibly the trigger bond during thermolysis. Band gap (DeltaE(g)) equals 1.33 eV, which shows DPO with higher sensitivity. Periodic calculation results are consistent well with that drawn from bond dissociation energy calculations on gas molecule.

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