Hydrogen azide

• Formula: HN₃
• Molecular weight: 43.0280
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/HN3/c1-3-2/h1H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: JUINSXZKUKVTMD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7782-79-8
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• Other names: Hydrazoic acid; Azoimide; Diazoimide; Hydronitric acid; Triazoic acid; HN3; Stickstoffwasserstoffsaeure
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
MS - José A. Martinho Simões

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Individual Reactions

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By formula: N₃^- + H⁺ = HN₃

C₁₀H₁₀N₆Ti (cr) + 2( • 4.18) (solution) =  (cr) + 2 (g)

By formula: C₁₀H₁₀N₆Ti (cr) + 2(HCl • 4.18H₂O) (solution) = C₁₀H₁₀Cl₂Ti (cr) + 2HN₃ (g)

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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi

Symmetry:   C_s     Symmetry Number σ = 1

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

Gas Chromatography

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Yang, Kiran, et al., 2004
Yang, X.; Kiran, B.; Wang, X.B.; Wang, L.S.; Mucha, M.; Jungwirth, P., Solvation of the azide anion (N-3(-)) in water clusters and aqueous interfaces: A combined investigation by photoelectron spectroscopy, density functional calculations, and molecular dynamic, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2004, 108, 39, 7820-7826, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0496396 . [all data]

Pellerite, Jackson, et al., 1981
Pellerite, M.J.; Jackson, R.L.; Brauman, J.I., Proton affinity of the gaseous azide Ion. The N-H bond dissociation enegry in HN₃, J. Phys. Chem., 1981, 85, 1624. [all data]

Franklin, Dibeler, et al., 1958
Franklin, J.L.; Dibeler, V.H.; Reese, R.M.; Krauss, M., Ionization and dissociation of hydrazoic acid and methyl azide by electron impact, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1958, 80, 298. [all data]

Calhorda, Gomes da Costa, et al., 1982
Calhorda, M.J.; Gomes da Costa, R.; Dias, A.R.; Martinho Simões, J.A., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1982, 2327.. [all data]

Dias, Dias, et al., 1987
Dias, A.R.; Dias, P.B.; Diogo, H.P.; Galvão, A.M.; Minas da Piedade, M.E.; Martinho Simões, J.A., Organometallics, 1987, 6, 1427. [all data]

Shimanouchi, 1972
Shimanouchi, T., Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies Consolidated Volume II, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1972, 6, 3, 993-1102. [all data]

Shimoda, Peralta, et al., 1996
Shimoda, M.; Peralta, R.R.; Osajima, Y., Headspace gas analysis of fish sauce, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1996, 44, 11, 3601-3605, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf960345u . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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