More powerful and less shock-sensitive explosives are continually being sought for both military and commercial use. Here the qualities a potential candidate must possess to make a good explosive are detailed, and the synthesis of octanitrocubane—a very promising candidate—is described. The physical properties of the nitrocubanes synthesized are also summarized and a proposal for the future is made.
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Eaton et al. (2000) studied this question.