Synthesis, complexation of 1,2,3-(NH)-triazolylferrocene derivatives and their catalytic effect on thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate

Ferrocenyl 1,2,3-triazoles 3a–3f and their Cu(II) or Zn(II) complexes have been synthesized and characterized. Compound 3d was structurally determined by X-ray crystallography. The DTA and TG measurements confirm the obvious catalytic effect of the representative compounds 3a and 3b on the decreasing of the decomposition temperature of ammonium perchlorate (AP) (by 32.3 and 36.2 °C respectively), whereas the Cu or Zn complexes of 3a lowers the thermal decomposition temperature of AP more dramatically, by 60.6 and 61.9 °C respectively. So ferrocenyl 1,2,3-triazoles 3a–3f and their Cu(II) or Zn(II) complexes are a kind of potentially high-burning-rate catalyst.