Cyanogen azide
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| IUPAC name
Carbononitridic azide
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| Other names
Cyano azide
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| CN4 | |
| Molar mass | 68.039 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Cyanogen azide, N3CN or CN4, is an azide compound of carbon and nitrogen which is an oily, colourless liquid at room temperature.[1] It is a highly explosive chemical that is soluble in most organic solvents, and normally handled in dilute solution in this form.[1][2][3] It was first synthesised by F.D. Marsh at DuPont in the early 1960s.[1][4]
Extremely dangerous outside dilute solution, cyanogen azide has nonetheless been prepared in situ for use in the synthesis of chemicals such as diaminotetrazoles.[5][6][7][8][9][10] It can be synthesised at below room temperature from the reaction of sodium azide with either cyanogen chloride[1] or cyanogen bromide,[4] dissolved in a solvent such as acetonitrile; this reaction must be done with care due to the production from trace moisture of shock-sensitive byproducts.[4][9]
References
- ^ a b c d Marsh, F. D.; Hermes, M. E. (October 1964). "Cyanogen Azide". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86 (20): 4506–4507. doi:10.1021/ja01074a071.
- ^ Goldsmith, Derek (2001). "Cyanogen azide". e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ Houben-Weyl Methods of Organic Chemistry Vol. E 21e, 4th Edition Supplement: Stereoselective Synthesis: Bond Formation, C-N, C-O, C-P, C-S, C-Se, C-Si, C-Sn, C-Te. Thieme. 14 May 2014. p. 5414. ISBN 978-3-13-182284-0.
- ^ a b c Marsh, F. D. (September 1972). "Cyanogen azide". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 37 (19): 2966–2969. doi:10.1021/jo00984a012.
- ^ Gordon W. Gribble; J. Joule (3 September 2009). Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry. Elsevier. pp. 250–1. ISBN 978-0-08-096516-1.
- ^ Science of Synthesis: Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations Vol. 17: Six-Membered Hetarenes with Two Unlike or More than Two Heteroatoms and Fully Unsaturated Larger-Ring Heterocycles. Thieme. 14 May 2014. p. 2082. ISBN 978-3-13-178081-2.
- ^ Barry M. Trost (1991). Oxidation. Elsevier. p. 479. ISBN 978-0-08-040598-8.
- ^ Lowe, Derek. "Things I Won't Work With: Cyanogen Azide". Science Translational Medicine. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ a b Joo, Young-Hyuk; Twamley, Brendan; Garg, Sonali; Shreeve, Jean'ne M. (4 August 2008). "Energetic Nitrogen-Rich Derivatives of 1,5-Diaminotetrazole". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47 (33): 6236–6239. doi:10.1002/anie.200801886.
- ^ Audran, Gérard; Adiche, Chiaa; Brémond, Paul; El Abed, Douniazad; Hamadouche, Mohammed; Siri, Didier; Santelli, Maurice (March 2017). "Cycloaddition of sulfonyl azides and cyanogen azide to enamines. Quantum-chemical calculations concerning the spontaneous rearrangement of the adduct into ring-contracted amidines". Tetrahedron Letters. 58 (10): 945–948. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.01.081.