A recent review'of the literature on organic azides lists no diazidoalkanes other than 1, 2- diazidoethane. 2 We have prepared a series of eight aliphatic diazides containing five to ten carbon atoms for pharmacologic testing as hypotensive agents. Examples of the oxa and aza analogs of these diazides were also synthesized, as was a, a'-diazido-pxylene. Pharmacologic studies in these laboratories have shown that some of these diazides ...
