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Reactions of bromine azide ?

guaguanco - 9-2-2004 at 13:05

Br-N=N(+)=N(-)

Interesting chemical.
Imagine Reacting this with NaN3 at low temperature in anhydrous ether.
Azidogen, anyone?
I'm guessing the resulting N6 molecule just doesn't hang around in any detectable form...

BromicAcid - 9-2-2004 at 16:34

Very interesting chemical...

::Looks up in chemical dictionary::

It's used in detonators? I'd have never guessed it would be that stable. Hmmm.. oxidizer warning... I know that chemicals without oxygen can still be oxidizers but it's still strange to see.

One of these days I'm going to just do a free for all and start making these interhalogen chemicals (azide molecule is a pseudo halogen so don't correct me) they all just seem so happy and colorfull and explody. I've got a book in my library on them in college, I might just have to give bromine azide another look over.

guaguanco - 10-2-2004 at 09:44

If you embark on this project don't overlook cyanogen azide NC-N=N=N, thiocyanogen SCNNCS, and the probably-existing thiocyanogen azide SCN-N=N=N