Silver azide (Ag(N3))

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Silver azide (Ag(N3))
• CAS No.: 13863-88-2
• Molecular Formula: AgN3
• Molecular Weight: 149.888
• UNII: H85PJD8U4L
• Nikkaji Number: J134.345I
• Wikidata: Q418547
• Mol file: 13863-88-2.mol

Synonyms:AgN3;Ag-N3;Silver azide (Ag(N3));Q418547

Chemical Property of Silver azide (Ag(N3))

Chemical Property:

• Melting Point: 212°C
• Boiling Point: °Cat760mmHg
• Flash Point: °C
• PSA: 12.36000
• Density: g/cm³
• LogP: -0.00830
• Water Solubility.: 0.01g/100mL H2O (100°C) [CRC10]
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 2
• Rotatable Bond Count: 0
• Exact Mass: 148.91431
• Heavy Atom Count: 4
• Complexity: 15.5

Purity/Quality:

99%, ^*data from raw suppliers

SILVER AZIDE 95.00% ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Canonical SMILES: [N-]=[N+]=[N-].[Ag+]
• Uses: It is used as a primary explosive, often as areplacement for lead azide. It may be usedin smaller quantities than lead azide as ainitiator.

Technology Process of Silver azide (Ag(N3))

There total 23 articles about Silver azide (Ag(N3)) 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: 83.0%

sodium azide + silver nitrate → silver(I) azide (13863-88-2)

Guidance literature:

In water; addn. of aq. NaN3 to aq. AgNO3; pptn.; washing (water, alcohol, ether); drying over H2SO4 in vac.; elem. anal.;

Reference yield:

silver (I) ion (14701-21-4,67542-54-5) + benzoyl azide (582-61-6) → sodium benzoate (532-32-1) + silver(I) azide (13863-88-2)

Guidance literature:

With sodium hydroxide; byproducts: H2O; 60-70 °C; distn. with steam to soln. of Ag-salt;

Reference yield:

azidoargentate (I) (1-) + silver (I) ion (14701-21-4,67542-54-5) → silver(I) azide (13863-88-2)

Guidance literature:

In N,N-dimethyl-formamide; precipitation from a solution in DMF;;

DOI:10.1021/ja00991a006

upstream raw materials:

silver(I) acetate

{CoCl₂en2}N₃

silver (I) ion

benzoyl azide

Downstream raw materials:

silver hexafluoroantimonate

dioxygenyl azide

nitrogen

oxygen

Refernces

• 1、 Müller, Thomas G.,Karau, Friedrich,Schnick, Wolfgang,Kraus, Florian. "A new route to metal azides". . p. 13695 - 13697. Retrieved 2014.
• 2、 Schulz, Axel,Villinger, Alexander. "Binary polyazides of cadmium and mercury". . p. 3649 - 3663. Retrieved 2015.
• 3、 Haul, R.,Uhlen, G.. "". . p. 21 - 26. Retrieved 1949.
• 4、 Munz,Bodenseh,Ferner. "New gas phase reaction to iodine azide, IN3: Microwave spectrum and structure". . p. 189 - 202. Retrieved 2004.
• 5、 Grocholl, Luke,Wang, Jianjun,Gillan, Edward G.. "Synthesis of sub-micron silver and silver sulfide particles via solvothermal silver azide decomposition". . p. 213 - 220. Retrieved 2003.