Growing catenated nitrogen atom chains

Qinghua Zhang, Jean'Ne M. Shreeve

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Abstract

Aiming high: In the pursuit of new high-nitrogen structures, researchers have synthesized some interesting compounds with highly catenated chains of nitrogen atoms through a strategy of oxidative azo coupling of N-NH2 moieties. This strategy opens opportunities for developing longer nitrogen chains in the field of high-nitrogen compounds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8792-8794
Number of pages3
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume52
Issue number34
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • chain structures
  • energetic materials
  • high-nitrogen compounds
  • nitrogen
  • oxidative coupling

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