Abstract Decomposition of the extremely explosive and unstable parent compound of 1- azidoalkynes, HCCN 3 (azidoacetylene), was studied in the gas phase, solid argon matrix, and solutions. In the gas phase, this azide decomposes quickly at room temperature with a half-life time (t 1/2) of 20 min at an initial pressure (p 0) of 0.8 mbar. The decay (p 0= 1.0 mbar) is significantly increased in an atmosphere of O 2 with t 1/2 of 3 min, in which HC (O ...
[Lewis-Bevan, Wyn; Gaston, Rick D.; Tyrrell, James; Stork, Wilmer D.; Salmon, Gary L. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1992 , vol. 114, # 6 p. 1933 - 1935]
