Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Synthesis, Spectroscopic Data, and Reactions of Formyl Azide†
We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (BA 903/12-1). We thank Dr. O. Jaurich (Mettler Toledo) for his help in the measurement of online low-temperature IR spectra, and Dr. A. Ihle for assistance with preparing the manuscript. CPU time at the Chemnitzer Hochleistungs-Linux-Cluster CHiC is gratefully acknowledged. Reactions of Unsaturated Azides, Part 29; for Part 28, see: K. Banert, F. Köhler, A. Melzer, I. Scharf, G. Rheinwald, T. Rüffer, H. Lang, R. Herges, K. Heß, N. Ghavtadze, E.-U. Würthwein, Chem. Eur. J.2011, 17, 10 071–10 080.
Abstract
Small is beautiful: spectroscopic proof or any other indication for the existence of formyl azide (HC(O)N3) has until now been lacking. Although it liberates dinitrogen much more rapidly than homologous acyl azides, it has been prepared for the first time by four different methods (see scheme).
