Nitryl_azide

Nitryl azide

Nitryl azide

Chemical compound

Nitryl azide (tetranitrogen dioxide) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula N3−NO2. It is an unstable nitrogen oxide consisting of a covalent nitrogen–nitrogen bond between a nitro group and an azide group. It has been detected by infrared spectroscopy as a short-lived product of the reaction between sodium azide and nitronium hexafluoroantimonate:[1]

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The compound quickly decomposes to form nitrous oxide. Calculations suggest this process that occurs via an oxatetrazole oxide intermediate:[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Doyle, Michael P.; Maciejko, James J.; Busman, Stanley C. (1973). "Reaction between azide and nitronium ions. Formation and decomposition of nitryl azide". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 95 (3): 952–953. doi:10.1021/ja00784a069.
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    Zeng, Xiaoqing; Ge, Maofo; Sun, Zheng; Bian, Jiang; Wang, Dianxun (2007). "Gaseous nitryl azide N4O2: A joint theoretical and experimental study". Journal of Molecular Structure. 840 (1–3): 59–65. doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2006.11.034.
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