Tetrazene
Tetrazene is a chemical compound with the molecular formula H2NN=NNH2. It is a colorless explosive material. An analogue is the organosilicon derivative (tms)2NN=NN(tms)2 where tms is trimethylsilyl.[1] Isomeric with tetrazine is ammonium azide.
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(2E)-2-Tetraazene | |
Other names
(2E)-2-Tetraazen; Tetraaz-1-ene | |
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H4N4 | |
Molar mass | 60.060 g·mol−1 |
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Ammonia Hydrazine Triazane |
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Diazene Triazene |
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Tetrazene explosive, commonly known simply as tetrazene, which is used for sensitization of priming compositions.
Properties
Tetrazene has eleven isomers.[2] The most stable of these is the straight-chain 2-tetrazene (NH2-N=N-NH2), having a standard heat of formation at 301.3 kJ/mol. The eleven isomers can be arranged into three groups: straight-chain tetrazenes, four-membered cyclotetrazane, and three-membered cyclotriazanes. Each straight-chain tetrazene isomer possesses one N=N double bond and two N-N single bonds.[2] Tautomerizations do occur between the isomers. The ionic compound ammonium azide is also a constitutional isomer of tetrazene.
References
- Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
- Li, L.-C.; Shang, J.; Liu, J.-L.; Wang, X.; Wong, N.-B. (2007). "A G3B3 study of N4H4 isomers". Journal of Molecular Structure. 807 (1–3): 207–10. doi:10.1016/j.theochem.2006.12.009.