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The Chemistry of Iodine Azide
Author(s) -
Dehnicke Kurt
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197905071
Subject(s) - azide , iodine , reagent , chemistry , bromine , sodium azide , chlorine , explosive material , organic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry
Whereas chlorine azide and, to a lesser extent, bromine azide have long been used as preparative reagents in spite of their explosive nature, little is known about the properties of iodine azide although it was actually discovered before the other two compounds. Hantzsch's warning to beware fo this material, uttered in 1900, still seems to be widely observed. Only recently has iodine azide been isolated as a pure substance, thus promoting its more detailed investigation. Proper use of this highly labile reagent opens up new vistas in synthetic chemistry.