Nitrosyl azide

Nitrosyl azide
Identifiers
CAS Number	62316-46-5;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	13917998;
PubChem CID	18974641;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID401029641 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/N4O/c1-2-3-4-5 Key: LHKVDVFVJMYULK-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;
	SMILES [N-]=[N+]=NN=O;
Properties
Chemical formula	N4O
Molar mass	72.027 g·mol−1
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Nitrosylazide is a highly unstable nitrogen oxide, chemical formula N₄O, which can be synthesized via the following reaction of sodium azide and nitrosyl chloride at low temperatures:

Below −50 °C, nitrosylazide exists as a pale yellow solid. Above this temperature, it decomposes into nitrous oxide (N₂O) and molecular nitrogen (N₂):

References

Cotton, F. Albert & Geoffrey Wilkinson (1999). Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (6th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 331. ISBN 0-471-19957-5.