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On the Way to “Solid Nitrogen” at Normal Temperature and Pressure? Binary Azides of Heavier Group 15 and 16 Elements
Author(s) -
Knapp Carsten,
Passmore Jack
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200401748
Subject(s) - azide , chemistry , covalent bond , ionic bonding , electrophile , lattice energy , bond dissociation energy , homoleptic , bond energy , nucleophile , main group element , endothermic process , molecule , computational chemistry , crystal structure , crystallography , organic chemistry , ion , transition metal , adsorption , metal , catalysis
Caution explosive! Homoleptic azides are of great interest as polynitrogen compounds particularly because of their high energy content. A recent breakthrough is the first synthesis and characterization of the highly sensitive neutral tellurium azide [Te(N 3 ) 4 ] and of ionic (N 5 ) + [P(N 3 ) 6 ] − containing 23 nitrogen atoms.