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A New Approach to Ionic Ozonides
Author(s) -
Hesse Werner,
Jansen Martin
Publication year - 1988
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.198813411
Subject(s) - ionic bonding , ozonide , chemistry , alkali metal , tetramethylammonium , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , ion , ozonolysis
Tetramethylammonium ozonide, N(CH 3 ) 4 O 3 , is surprisingly stable! It forms red, transparent crystals, which only decompose above 75 °C. Till now, the thermally very labile alkali‐metal ozonides were thought to be the most stable ionic ozonides. The possibility of developing a preparative chemistry involving ionic ozonides was therefore viewed with pessimism. N(CH 3 ) 4 O 3 was synthesized by double reaction of KO 3 with N(CH 3 ) 4 O 2 in NH 3 . This route to ionic ozonides should prove to be general.