ISSN:
0009-2940
Keywords:
Thionitrosyl azide
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Thiazyl azide
;
Nitrosyl azide
;
Tetranitrogen sulfide
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Calculations, ab initio
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Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Stimulated by the recent detection of nitrosyl azide (N3—N=O), we investigated the stability of the sulfur analogues thionitriosyl azide (N3—N=S) and thiazyl azide (N3—S≡N) by using ab initio MO calculations up to the QCISD(T)/6-311+G(d)//QCISD/6-311G(d) + ZPE level. Both azides have a similar energy content. While thionitrosyl azide is not stable with respect to N2 elimination, thiazyl azide resists to this process by an energy barrier of about 110 kJ/mol. The NS and N3 fragments resulting from homolytic cleavage lie about 100 kJ/mol above the azides. The five-membered ring is thermodynamically much more stable than both azides but kinetically unstable with respect to cheletropic decomposition yielding N2S + N2. Overall, trans-thiazyl azide is the most likely candidate for experimental observation of, for example, the reaction of NS+ salts with the azide anion. IR wavenumbers of the azides were also predicted.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cber.19961291110
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