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Sodium azide is a versatile precursor to other inorganic azide compounds, e.g., lead azide and silver azide, which are used in detonators as primary explosives. These azides are significantly more sensitive to premature detonation than sodium azide and thus have limited applications. Lead and silver azide can be made via double displacement ...
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In chemistry, azide (/ ˈ eɪ z aɪ d /, AY-zyd) is a linear, polyatomic anion with the formula N − 3 and structure − N=N + =N −.It is the conjugate base of hydrazoic acid HN 3. Organic azides are organic compounds with the formula RN 3, containing the azide functional group. [1]
The azide functional group can be shown by two resonance structures. An organic azide is an organic compound that contains an azide (– N 3) functional group. [1] Because of the hazards associated with their use, few azides are used commercially although they exhibit interesting reactivity for researchers.
In the Curtius rearrangement, sodium azide and an acyl chloride are combined to quantitatively generate the acyl azide intermediate, and the rest of the reaction takes place under neutral conditions.) The carboxylic acid Schmidt reaction starts with acylium ion 1 obtained from protonation and loss of water.
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Hydrazoic acid, also known as hydrogen azide, azic acid or azoimide, [2] is a compound with the chemical formula HN 3. [3] It is a colorless, volatile, and explosive liquid at room temperature and pressure. It is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, and is therefore a pnictogen hydride. It was first isolated in 1890 by Theodor Curtius. [4]
The linear azide anion (N − 3), being isoelectronic with nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and cyanate, forms many coordination complexes. Further catenation is rare, although N 4− 4 (isoelectronic with carbonate and nitrate) is known. [4]