Abstract: Azide compositions selected from i) UOCR2CR2N3 wherein U is D, or a urethane (—CO—NR2) and R is independently H, D, or an organic group; ii) R?2NCR2CR2N3 or A-R?3NCR2CR2N3 wherein R? is an organic group and A is an anion; or iii) G(N3)m wherein m is an integer from 2 to about 10 and G is a m-valent organic group wherein at least two of the azido groups are connected via aliphatic carbon atoms wherein G may contain organic groups, and uses thereof are described. Specifically, the azide compositions selected from the group consisting of: N3CH2CH2OCH2CHOHCH2N3, CH3OCH2CHOHCH2N3, CH3OCH2CH(OCONHC4H9)CH2N3, N3CH2CH2O[CH2CH(CH2N3)O]6H, CH3CH2C[CH2(OCH2CH(CH2N3))2OCOCH3]3N3CH2CH2OCONH(CH2)6NHCOOCH2CH2N3, (CH3)3CNHCOOCH2CH2N3, n-C4H9NDCOOCH2CH2N3, C6H5N—HCOOCH2CH2N3, C4F9OCFCF3NDCOOCH2CH2N3, DOCH2CH2N3, and [(CH3)3NCH2CH2N3]+I are described.

Abstract: Epichlorohydrin is polymerized in the presence of anhydrous stannic chloride catalyst and an alcohol initiator to produce a polyepichlorohydrin product comprising predominantly secondary hydroxyl-terminated polyepichlorohydrin polymer having low polydispersity, from which polyurethanes and azide derivatives can be made, polyurethanes prepared from such azide derivatives being useful as a binder for solid rocket propellants.

Abstract: A normally liquid, non-detonable product having less than about 45.7 weight percent nitrogen comprising polymer which can be represented by the general formula:R(G).sub.n R.sup.1where, in the above formula,n is a number between 2 and 18;G is an azidomethyloxyethylene moiety;R is a monovalent residue of an organic initiator compound or a monovalent alkyl radical, R is essentially free of isocyanate-reactive moieties and may be substituted with non-interfering atoms or moleties and it cannot be substituted with energetic nitrogen-containing moieties other than azido moleties;R.sup.1 is a monovalent alkoxy radical, oxyaryl radical or combinations thereof, or R.sup.1 is an azido moiety, R.sup.1 is essentially free of isocyanate-reactive atoms or moieties and it may be substituted with non-interferring atoms or moieties and it cannot be substituted with energetic nitrogen-containing moleties other than azido moieties; orR and R.sup.1, taken together, are a carbon-oxygen bond when said polymer is a cyclic compound.

Abstract: Epichlorohydrin is polymerized with an active hydrogen-containing initiator and the resulting secondary hydroxyl-containing polyepichlorohydrin is further reacted to produce a hydroxyl-terminated polyepichlorohydrin product having chains terminating in a primary hydroxyl group, said polyepichlorohydrin product being reactable with an inorganic azide to produce a poly(glycidyl azide) product useful as a binder for solid rocket propellants.

Abstract: Hydroxyl terminated polyepichlorohydrin having a polydispersity of less than 1.2 and a molecular weight of at least 2000, and method of preparation using stannic chloride and strong carboxylic acid co-catalysts.