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
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Hydrazoic acid; Azoimide; Diazoimide; Hydronitric acid; Triazoic acid; HN3; Stickstoffwasserstoffsaeure
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

 +  =

By formula: N₃^- + H⁺ = HN₃

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Takehiko Shimanouchi

Symmetry:   C_s     Symmetry Number σ = 1

Source: Shimanouchi, 1972

Notes

References

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Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Bastide and Maier, 1976
Bastide, J.; Maier, J.P., Electronic states of the radical cations of the 1,3-dipoles: HCNO, CH₂N₂, and N₃H, studied by photoelectron spectroscopy, Chem. Phys., 1976, 12, 177. [all data]

Lee, Colton, et al., 1975
Lee, T.H.; Colton, R.J.; White, M.G.; Rabalais, J.W., Electronic structure of hydrazoic acid and the azide ion from x-ray ultraviolet electron spectroscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1975, 97, 4845. [all data]

Cradock, Ebsworth, et al., 1972
Cradock, S.; Ebsworth, E.A.V.; Murdoch, J.D., Photoelectron spectra of some Group 4 pseudohalides and related compounds, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1972, 68, 86. [all data]

Eland, 1970
Eland, J.H.D., The photoelectron spectra of isocyanic acid and related compounds, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. (London), 1970, A268, 87. [all data]

Cvitas and Klasinc, 1976
Cvitas, T.; Klasinc, L., High resolution photoelectron spectrum of hydrazoic acid, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1976, 72, 1240. [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]

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]

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

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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