Attempts to prepare nitrosyl azid and a study of the decomposition of nitrosyl cyanide

Technical Report · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7263791

Illige, J D

The synthesis of nitrosyl azide has been attempted using a wide variety of reagents and techniques. Neither matrix isolation nor mass spectral studies of co-condensed hydrazoic acid and nitrosyl chloride provided any evidence for the formation of nitrosyl azide. No evidence has been found to substantiate a claim that nitrosyl azide exists as a moderately stable compound. Nitrosyl cyanide has been made by a slight variation of published methods, a method of purification established, and the decomposition studied. In the dark at room temperature or 75/sup 0/ and at moderate pressures of nitrosyl cyanide, the decomposition products of nitrosyl cyanide which was labeled with nitrogen 15 on the cyanide nitrogen were consistent with two mechanisms occurring simultaneously. Each mole of nitrosyl cyanide decomposed to 1/3 mole each of nitrogen, nitrous oxide, cyanogen, and carbon dioxide.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7263791
• Report Number(s): LBL-5196
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400201* -- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
AZIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CYANIDES
DECOMPOSITION
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROSO COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
SYNTHESIS