Mercurous azide

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Mercurous azide
• CAS No.: 38232-63-2
• Molecular Formula: Hg₂*2N₃
• Molecular Weight: 485.22
• Mol file: 38232-63-2.mol

Synonyms:Mercurous azide;Mercury azide;Mercurous azide [Forbidden];LS-89640

Chemical Property of Mercurous azide

Chemical Property:

• Boiling Point: °Cat760mmHg
• Flash Point: °C
• PSA: 24.72000
• Density: g/cm³
• LogP: -0.02160
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 4
• Rotatable Bond Count: 2
• Exact Mass: 485.957415
• Heavy Atom Count: 8
• Complexity: 98.5

Purity/Quality:

99% ^*data from raw suppliers

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Chemical Classes: Other Uses -> Explosives
• Canonical SMILES: [N-]=[N+]=N[Hg].[N-]=[N+]=N[Hg]

Technology Process of Mercurous azide

There total 7 articles about Mercurous azide which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield:

dimercury(2+) (12596-26-8) → mercurous azide (38232-63-2)

Guidance literature:

With azides; In water;

Reference yield:

sodium azide + mercury(I) nitrate → mercurous azide (38232-63-2)

Guidance literature:

In nitric acid; addn. of aq. Hg2(NO3)2 soln. to NaN3 soln. .; ppt. washing with distn. H2O, storage in vac. in dark over P2O5;

Reference yield:

sodium azide + mercury(I) dinitrate dihydrate → mercurous azide (38232-63-2)

Guidance literature:

mercury(I) dinitrate dihydrate; In water; at 20 ℃; Inert atmosphere;

sodium azide; In water; at 20 ℃; Darkness; Inert atmosphere;

DOI:10.1002/anie.201305545

upstream raw materials:

dimercury⁽²⁺⁾

hydrogen azide

Refernces

• 1、 Lund, Henrik,Oeckler, Oliver,Schroeder, Thorsten,Schulz, Axel,Villinger, Alexander. "Mercury azides and the azide of Millon's base". supporting information. p. 10900 - 10904. Retrieved 2013/10/22.