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Fluorine azide
Fluorine azide or triazadienyl fluoride is a yellow green gas composed of nitrogen and fluorine with formula FN3. Its properties resemble those of ClN3, BrN3, and IN3. The bond between the fluorine atom and the nitrogen is very weak, leading to this substance being very unstable and prone to explosion. Calculations show the F–N–N angle to be around 102° with a straight line of 3 nitrogen atoms.
It was first made by John F. Haller in 1942.
Fluorine azide can be made by reacting hydrazoic acid or sodium azide, with fluorine gas.
Fluorine azide decomposes without explosion at normal temperatures to make dinitrogen difluoride:
At higher temperatures such as 1000 °C fluorine azide breaks up into nitrogen monofluoride radical:
The FN itself dimerizes on cooling.
Solid or liquid FN3 can explode, releasing a large amount of energy. A thin film burns at the rate of 1.6 km/s. Due to the explosion hazard, only very small quantities of this substance should be handled at a time.
FN3 adducts can be formed with the Lewis acids boron trifluoride (BF3) and arsenic pentafluoride (AsF5) at -196 °C. These molecules bond with the first nitrogen atom from the fluorine.
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Fluorine azide
Fluorine azide or triazadienyl fluoride is a yellow green gas composed of nitrogen and fluorine with formula FN3. Its properties resemble those of ClN3, BrN3, and IN3. The bond between the fluorine atom and the nitrogen is very weak, leading to this substance being very unstable and prone to explosion. Calculations show the F–N–N angle to be around 102° with a straight line of 3 nitrogen atoms.
It was first made by John F. Haller in 1942.
Fluorine azide can be made by reacting hydrazoic acid or sodium azide, with fluorine gas.
Fluorine azide decomposes without explosion at normal temperatures to make dinitrogen difluoride:
At higher temperatures such as 1000 °C fluorine azide breaks up into nitrogen monofluoride radical:
The FN itself dimerizes on cooling.
Solid or liquid FN3 can explode, releasing a large amount of energy. A thin film burns at the rate of 1.6 km/s. Due to the explosion hazard, only very small quantities of this substance should be handled at a time.
FN3 adducts can be formed with the Lewis acids boron trifluoride (BF3) and arsenic pentafluoride (AsF5) at -196 °C. These molecules bond with the first nitrogen atom from the fluorine.