The Photochemical and Thermal Decomposition of Azidoacetylene in the Gas Phase, Solid Matrix, and Solutions

…, H Beckers, J Seifert, K Banert

Index: Zeng, Xiaoqing; Beckers, Helmut; Seifert, Jennifer; Banert, Klaus European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014 , vol. 2014, # 19 p. 4077 - 4082

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Abstract

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 ...