Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, Vol.41, No.4, 713-718, 2016
An Easy Method to Prepare D-3 and C-2-TATP Crystals
D-3 and C-2 TATP structures interconvert at room temperature. Herein, an easy method to isolate both conformers is shown that consists of multiple recrystallization steps using different solvent and heating to boiling. Spectroscopic and physical measurements, such as Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and melting point analysis, showed that clear and opaque crystals, respectively, represent different conformations of TATP. Additionally, the transition energy between both conformers was estimated using the Raman shifts.