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tetraazidomethane
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Tetraazidomethane, , is a colorless, highly explosive liquid. Its chemical structure consists of a carbon atom covalently bonded to four azide functional groups.
Chemical data
- Formula
- CN12
- Molecular weight
- 180.09 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- tetraazidomethane
- SMILES
- C(N=[N+]=[N-])(N=[N+]=[N-])(N=[N+]=[N-])N=[N+]=[N-]
- InChIKey
- PGNZIEKVQCKOBT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 4.5
- Polar surface area
- 57.4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 8
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 180.036888
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- chemical formula
- CN₁₂
- canonical SMILES
- C(N=[N+]=[N-])(N=[N+]=[N-])(N=[N+]=[N-])N=[N+]=[N-]
- different from
- hypoglossal nerve
- Commons category
- Tetraazidomethane
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Synthesis
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Tetraazidomethane, , is a colorless, highly explosive liquid. Its chemical structure consists of a carbon atom covalently bonded to four azide functional groups.
==Synthesis== It was first prepared by Klaus Banert in 2006 by reaction of trichloroacetonitrile with sodium azide. 430px
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