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cyclonite

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Description

cyclonite: explosive & convulsant; structure [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane : An N-nitro compound that is 1,3,5-triazinane in which all three of the hydrogens attached to the nitrogens have been replaced by nitro groups. It is widely used in both industrial and military explosives. [Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Cross-References

ID SourceID
PubMed CID8490
CHEBI ID24556
SCHEMBL ID19770
MeSH IDM0053628

Synonyms (113)

Synonym
trinitrohexahydrotriazine
cyclonite (cyclotrimethylene trinitramine)
C0639
1,3,5-triaza-1,3,5-trinitrocyclohexane
hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine
1,3,5-trinitrohexahydro-p-triazine
nsc-312447
heksogen
hexogen 5w
hexogen (explosive)
wln: t6n cn entj anw cnw enw
hexogeen
1,5-trinitroperhydro-1,3,5-triazine
1,5-triaza-1,3,5-trinitrocyclohexane
rdx
1,5-triazine, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-
121-82-4
hexogen
hexahydro-1,5-trinitro-s-triazine
1,5-trinitrohexahydro-s-triazine
esaidro-1,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazina
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
trimethyleentrinitramine
hexahydro-1,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine
trinitrocyclotrimethylene triamine
geksogen
s-triazine,3,5-trinitro-
sym-trimethylenetrinitramine
cyclotrimethylenenitramine
cyclonit
hexahydro-1,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazin
nsc312447
1,5-trinitrohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine
hexolite
trimethylenetrinitramine
pbx(af) 108
1,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane
cyclonite
1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane
1,3,5-triazine, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-
sym-trimethylene trinitramine
hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine
1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane
trinitrotrimethylenetriamine
1,3,5-trinitrohexahydro-s-triazine
CHEBI:24556
1,3,5-trinitrohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine
STK366162
cx 84a
pe 4
hexogeen [dutch]
khp 281
hsdb 2079
un0072
nsc 312447
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (rdx)
pbx (af) 108
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, wetted or cyclonite, wetted or hexogen, wetted or rdx, wetted with not < 15% water, by mass
heksogen [polish]
trimethyleentrinitramine [dutch]
hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazin [german]
esaidro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazina [italian]
einecs 204-500-1
perhydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine
hexolite, dry or wetted with < 15% water, by mass
pbxw 108(e)
cyklonit [czech]
1,3,5-trinitroperhydro-1,3,5-triazine
un0483
s-triazine, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, desensitized or cyclonite, desensitized or hexogen, desensitized or rdx, desensitized
brn 0288466
un0391
c-4
hexahydro-1,3 ,5-trinitro-1,3 5-triazine
royal demolition explosive
cyclotrimethylene trinitramine
esaidro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazina
cyklonit
w91ssv5831 ,
ec 204-500-1
research development explosive
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, wetted or cyclonite, wetted or hexogen, wetted or rdx, wetted with not <15% water by mass [un0072] [explosive 1.1d]
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, wetted or cyclonite, wetted or hexogen, wetted or rdx, wetted with not <15% water by mass
4-26-00-00022 (beilstein handbook reference)
giekfol
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine, desensitized or cyclonite, desensitized or hexogen, desensitized or rdx, desensitized [un0483] [explosive 1.1d]
hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazin
unii-w91ssv5831
ccris 9287
c 4
a 3 (explosive)
ch 6 (explosive)
AKOS015914094
cyclonite [mi]
cyclonite [hsdb]
SCHEMBL19770
un 0118 (salt/mix)
un 0072
1,3,5-triazacyclohexane 1,3,5-trinitro-
c-4 (salt/mix)
1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane #
W-109070
DTXSID9024142 ,
cyclo-trimethylenetrinitramine
hexogen (rdx) 100 microg/ml in acetonitrile
Q190020
hexahydro-1
1,3,5-triazine, hexahydro-1,3-dinitro-5-nitroso-
dtxcid604142
1,3,5-triazine, perhydro, 1,3,5-trinitro-
rdx (royal demolition explosive)
rapid detonation explosive (rdx)

Research Excerpts

Toxicity

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"3% in the diet was less toxic than the unirradiated mixture."( Short-term oral toxicity of a 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine mixture in mice, rats, and dogs.
Dacre, JC; Dilley, JV; Newell, GW; Sasmore, DP; Spanggord, RJ; Tyson, CA, 1982
)
0.26
" Extracts of the initial materials were also toxic to bacteria in the Mutatox assay."( Assessment of the effectiveness of composting for the reduction of toxicity and mutagenicity of explosive-contaminated soil.
Honeycutt, ME; Jarvis, AS; McFarland, VA, 1998
)
0.3
" For the TK6 and V79 assays, TNB and 2, 4,6-triaminotoluene were more toxic than TNT, whereas RDX and HMX were without effect at their maximal aqueous solubility limits."( Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of energetic compounds on bacterial and mammalian cells in vitro.
Ampleman, G; Hawari, J; Lachance, B; Robidoux, PY; Sunahara, GI; Thiboutot, S, 1999
)
0.3
" alterations in this endpoint may result in adverse effects on the organism and could be used as an early indicator of toxicity."( Toxicity of sediment-associated nitroaromatic and cyclonitramine compounds to benthic invertebrates.
Bridges, TS; Farrar, JD; Inouye, LS; Lotufo, GR; Ringelberg, DB, 2001
)
0.31
" The most toxic ordnance compounds overall were tetryl and 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene."( Development of marine toxicity data for ordnance compounds.
Biedenbach, JM; Carr, RS; Hooten, RL; Miller, K; Nipper, M; Saepoff, S, 2001
)
0.31
" The midge Chironomus tentans and the amphipod Hyalella azteca demonstrated significant toxic effects after exposure to TNT and its degradation products, 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene (TNB) and 2,4-diamino-6-nitrotoluene (2,4-DANT)."( Toxicity of the explosives 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine, and octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine in sediments to Chironomus tentans and Hyalella azteca: low-dose hormesis and high-dose mortality.
Bridges, TS; Duke, BM; Lotufo, GR; Steevens, JA, 2002
)
0.31
" The main objective of the present study was to determine the oral LD50 of the most potent RDX N-nitroso product in female Sprague-Dawley rats using the recently validated up-and-down procedure (UDP)."( Up-and-down procedure (UDP) determinations of acute oral toxicity of nitroso degradation products of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX).
Escalon, LB; Hight, JL; Inouye, LS; MacMillan, DK; Marchand, AJ; Meyer, SA; Roberts, GH,
)
0.13
" LC20 and LC50 for TNX were slightly lower than for MNX; this indicates that TNX was more toxic than MNX."( Toxicity of the explosive metabolites hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitroso-1,3,5-triazine (TNX) and hexahydro-1-nitroso-3,5-dinitro-1,3,5-triazine (MNX) to the earthworm Eisenia fetida.
Anderson, TA; Kendall, RJ; Zhang, B, 2006
)
0.33
" To evaluate the possibility of adverse effects in birds, the effects from oral exposures of 2,6-dinitrotoluene (2,6-DNT) and 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) were tested using a controlled dosing regime in northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)."( Subacute toxicity of oral 2,6-dinitrotoluene and 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) exposure to the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus).
Bazar, MA; Escalon, BL; Gust, KA; Johnson, MS; Perkins, EJ; Quinn, MJ, 2007
)
0.34
" A 21-d exposure to RDX, HMX or CL-20 in either soil had no adverse effects on ryegrass growth."( Toxicity and uptake of cyclic nitramine explosives in ryegrass Lolium perenne.
Ampleman, G; Hawari, J; Kuperman, RG; Lachance, B; Rocheleau, S; Sunahara, GI; Thiboutot, S, 2008
)
0.35
"Poplar (Populus deltoidesxnigra DN34) tissue cultures removed 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) from an aqueous solution in five days, reducing the toxicity of the solution from highly toxic Microtox EC value to that of the control."( Microtox toxicity test: detoxification of TNT and RDX contaminated solutions by poplar tissue cultures.
Aken, BV; Flokstra, BR; Schnoor, JL, 2008
)
0.35
" TNT was the most toxic substance."( Synergetic toxic effect of an explosive material mixture in soil.
Miksch, K; Panz, K; Sójka, T, 2013
)
0.39
" In this study, we employed Caenorhabditis elegans to explore the toxic effects of RDX on the parental and offspring worms and the involved signaling pathways."( Multi-generation reproductive toxicity of RDX and the involved signal pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Nie, Y; Sun, L; Wang, C; Wu, L; Xu, A; Zhou, Y, 2023
)
0.91

Pharmacokinetics

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Previously reported cases of human RDX intoxication were limited to wartime settings and have described no human pharmacokinetic data."( The neurotoxicity of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) in a child: a clinical and pharmacokinetic evaluation.
Brewster, MA; Kearns, GL; Lake, RS; Sharp, GB; Turley, CP; Woody, RC, 1986
)
0.27
"A physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for simulating the kinetics of cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) in male rats was developed."( Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine in male rats.
Bazar, MA; Crouse, LC; Krishnan, K; Major, MA; Reddy, G, 2009
)
0.35
" Here, we provide a reevaluation of the risk associated with RDX exposure by examining old and new data and using physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling approaches."( Assessing the non-cancer risk for RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine) using physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling.
Gargas, ML; Gut, CP; Johnson, MS; Reddy, G; Sweeney, LM; Williams, LR, 2012
)
0.38

Compound-Compound Interactions

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Corona discharge ionization combined with ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) was utilized to investigate five common explosives: cyclonite (RDX), trinitrotoluene (TNT), pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX), and 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT)."( Analysis of explosives using corona discharge ionization combined with ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry.
Cho, SG; Goh, EM; Kim, J; Koh, SS; Lee, J; Lee, S; Park, S, 2014
)
0.6

Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" The addition of food-grade surfactants could improve the process by enhancing the rates of explosives desorption from soil, thereby increasing the bioavailability of explosives for microbial degradation."( Effect of food-grade surfactant on bioremediation of explosives-contaminated soil.
Boopathy, R, 2002
)
0.31
"The uptake kinetics of two major RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane) metabolites, hexahydro-1-nitroso-3,5-dinitro-1,3,5-triazine (MNX) and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitroso-1,3,5-triazine (TNX), into passive sampling devices (PSDs), and the ability of PSDs to serve as surrogates for evaluating bioavailability of MNX and TNX were investigated in laboratory sand and two soil types."( Evaluating the bioavailability of explosive metabolites, hexahydro-1-nitroso-3,5-dinitro-1,3,5-triazine (MNX) and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitroso-1,3,5-triazine (TNX), in soils using passive sampling devices.
Anderson, TA; Smith, PN; Zhang, B, 2006
)
0.33
"Concerns have been raised over potential bioavailability and biotransfer of energetic materials such as hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX)."( Bioavailability of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) to the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster).
Cataldo, DA; Driver, CR; Fellows, RJ; Harvey, SD, 2006
)
0.33
" In addition, it is important that energetic research considers the concept of bioavailability, including factors influencing soil/sediment aging, desorption of energetic compounds from varying soil and sediment types, methods for modeling/predicting energetic bioavailability, development of biomarkers of energetic exposure or effect, and the impact of bioavailability on ecological risk assessment."( Explosives: fate, dynamics, and ecological impact in terrestrial and marine environments.
Juhasz, AL; Naidu, R, 2007
)
0.34
" This study was conducted to determine the relative oral bioavailability of RDX in contaminated soil and to develop a method to derive bioavailability adjustments for risk assessments using rodents."( Oral bioavailability of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) from contaminated site soils in rats.
Crouse, LC; Leach, GJ; Major, MA; Michie, MW; Reddy, G,
)
0.13
" Bacterial communities native to the high bioavailability soil were inherently different than bacterial communities native to the silt loam soil, not only in terms of bacterial activity and biomass, but also in terms of bacterial community functional and structural diversity."( Bacterial community dynamics in high and low bioavailability soils following laboratory exposure to a range of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine concentrations.
Anderson, JA; Cañas, JE; Cox, SB; Long, MK; Zak, JC, 2010
)
0.36
" The S-IW studies were conducted using four natural soils with contrasting physicochemical properties that were hypothesized to affect the bioavailability of RDX."( Role of soil interstitial water in the accumulation of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine in the earthworm Eisenia andrei.
Dodard, SG; Hawari, J; Kuperman, RG; Monteil-Rivera, F; Sarrazin, M; Savard, K; Sunahara, GI, 2010
)
0.36
"The vast majority of investigations into the bioavailability and toxicity of explosives to receptors in aquatic environments has focused on deriving toxicity metrics for discrete chemical exposures to single species using pure compounds at relatively high concentrations."( Fate and effects of Composition B in multispecies marine exposures.
Lotufo, GR; Rosen, G, 2010
)
0.36
" The purpose of the present research was to determine the ability of nano-aluminum oxide (Al(2)O(3)) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) to adsorb the munitions constituents cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) and tungsten (W) from aqueous solution as a first step in determining the long-term exposure, transport, and bioavailability implications of such interactions."( Influence of carbon and metal oxide nanomaterials on aqueous concentrations of the munition constituents cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) and tungsten.
Alvarez, PJ; Bednar, AJ; Brame, JA; Kennedy, AJ; Lounds, CD; Scott, AM; Stanley, JK, 2014
)
0.4
"Chemical bioavailability is an important dose metric in environmental risk assessment."( Predicting chemical bioavailability using microarray gene expression data and regression modeling: A tale of three explosive compounds.
Barker, ND; Boyd, RE; Chen, Y; Gong, P; Johnson, DR; Nan, X; Perkins, EJ; Suedel, BC; Wilkins, DE, 2016
)
0.43
"This study has demonstrated that our approach is promising for bioavailability measurement, which warrants further studies of mixed contamination scenarios in field settings."( Predicting chemical bioavailability using microarray gene expression data and regression modeling: A tale of three explosive compounds.
Barker, ND; Boyd, RE; Chen, Y; Gong, P; Johnson, DR; Nan, X; Perkins, EJ; Suedel, BC; Wilkins, DE, 2016
)
0.43

Dosage Studied

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" Male Long Evans rats treated with 0-60 mg/kg RDX po were monitored for spontaneous seizures during an 8-hr interval between dosing and audiogenic (AG) seizure testing."( Convulsant properties of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX): spontaneous audiogenic, and amygdaloid kindled seizure activity.
Burdette, LJ; Cook, LL; Dyer, RS, 1988
)
0.27
" In treatment columns amendment dosing was 500 mg/L C for carbon sources and 100 mg/L N for ammonium."( RDX biodegradation column study: comparison of electron donors for biologically induced reductive transformation in groundwater.
Davis, JL; Hansen, LD; O'Neal, BR; Wani, AH, 2004
)
0.32
" Dose-response experiments formed the basis for the evaluation of toxic effects and transfer of contaminants from soil into two trophic levels."( Effects, transfer, and fate of RDX from aged soil in plants and worms.
Best, EP; Geter, KN; Lane, BK; Tatem, HE, 2006
)
0.33
" To evaluate the possibility of adverse effects in birds, the effects from oral exposures of 2,6-dinitrotoluene (2,6-DNT) and 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) were tested using a controlled dosing regime in northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)."( Subacute toxicity of oral 2,6-dinitrotoluene and 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) exposure to the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus).
Bazar, MA; Escalon, BL; Gust, KA; Johnson, MS; Perkins, EJ; Quinn, MJ, 2007
)
0.34
" Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats preimplanted with femoral artery catheters were dosed orally with gelatin capsules containing either pure RDX or an equivalent amount of RDX in contaminated soils from Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant (LAAP) (2300 microg/g of soil) or Fort Meade (FM) (670 microg/g of soil)."( Oral bioavailability of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) from contaminated site soils in rats.
Crouse, LC; Leach, GJ; Major, MA; Michie, MW; Reddy, G,
)
0.13
" A 14-d subacute study followed with males dosed orally with RDX (corn oil) at 0, 10, 20, 25, 30, 45, and 60 mg/kg/d."( Toxic effects of oral hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine in the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis).
Bazar, MA; Johnson, MS; McFarland, CA; Quinn, MJ; Talent, LG, 2009
)
0.35
" The onset of seizures resulting in death was observed in the avian model Northern bobwhite after oral dosing with RDX beginning at 8 mg/kg/day in subacute (14 days) exposures, whereas affective doses of the TNT derivative, 2,6-dinitrotoluene (2,6-DNT), caused gastrointestinal impacts, lethargy, and emaciation in subacute and subchronic (60 days) exposures."( Neurotoxicogenomic investigations to assess mechanisms of action of the munitions constituents RDX and 2,6-DNT in Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus).
Clarke, J; Deng, Y; Escalon, L; Gong, P; Guan, X; Gust, KA; Indest, KJ; Johnson, MS; Perkins, EJ; Pirooznia, M; Quinn, MJ, 2009
)
0.35
" Prior to dosing with uniformly labeled (14)C-RDX, plants were grown for three months to establish the symbiosis."( Effect of mycorrhizal fungi on the phytoremediation of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX).
Polebitski, AS; Thompson, PL, 2010
)
0.36
" Media dosed with 40 µg/ml of explosive was inoculated with surface-sterilized, macerated termites."( Biotransformation of explosives by Reticulitermes flavipes--associated termite Endosymbionts.
Eaton, HL; Indest, KJ; Jung, CM; Lounds, CB, 2014
)
0.4
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Roles (1)

RoleDescription
explosiveA substance capable of undergoing rapid and highly exothermic decomposition.
[role information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Drug Classes (2)

ClassDescription
1,3,5-triazinanes
N-nitro compoundA compound having the nitro group (-NO2) attached to a nitrogen atom.
[compound class information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Pathways (3)

PathwayProteinsCompounds
Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis4153
Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis II4053
Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis III3352

Research

Studies (536)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-199019 (3.54)18.7374
1990's31 (5.78)18.2507
2000's237 (44.22)29.6817
2010's217 (40.49)24.3611
2020's32 (5.97)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 54.45

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be very strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index54.45 (24.57)
Research Supply Index6.33 (2.92)
Research Growth Index5.26 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index91.04 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index2.00 (0.95)

This Compound (54.45)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials0 (0.00%)5.53%
Reviews21 (3.74%)6.00%
Case Studies11 (1.96%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other530 (94.31%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]