Fundamental Studies of Carbon, NH, and Oxygen Rings and Other High Energy Density Molecular Systems

The development of efficient and safe conventional i.e., nonnuclear propellants andor fuels is a goal of obvious technological significance. A desirable quality of such a propellant is clearly a high ratio of energy release to mass. The present hypothesis rests on a simple, but previously unrecognized, analogy between oxygen and sulfur. Preliminary studies showed that the oxygen ring systems are sufficiently promising to warrant the detailed, high-level theoretical research reported here. Keywords Quantum chemistry Propellants Oxygen compounds Cyclic compounds.