Thermal behavior and nucleation kinetics of 1,5-dimethyl-2-nitroimino-1, 3, 5-triazinane crystal

Nitroguanidine derivatives have increasingly gained attention because of their high insecticidal activities and wide spectrum. In this paper, nitroguanidine derivative 1,5-dimethyl-2-nitroimino-1, 3, 5-triazinane was synthesized, and its crystal structure was determined by X-ray technique. The thermal behaviors of 1, 5-dimethyl-2-nitroimino-1, 3, 5-triazinane in a nitrogen atmosphere were also studied under non-isothermal conditions by thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques. The TG and DSC studies showed that the sample started to melt at 408.1 K with high melting enthalpy of 121.3 J/g and was stable up to at least 423.2 K, which indicated that the sample could be effectively utilized for various devices below 423.2 K. The melting entropy of 1,5-dimethyl-2-nitroimino-1, 3, 5-triazinane calculated from melting point and melting enthalpy using Eq. (1) was 51.476 J mol−1 K−1. In addition, the nucleation parameters of 1,5-dimethyl-2-nitroimino-1, 3, 5-triazinane in ethanol, such as the radius of critical nucleus and the Gibbs free energy barrier, had also been investigated based on classical nucleation theory.