Nitryl Cyanide, NCNO2

Abstract

The elusive nitryl cyanide, NCNO2, has been synthesized and characterized. It was prepared in good yield, isolated by fractional condensation, characterized by NMR and vibrational spectroscopy, and studied by theoretical calculations. Nitryl cyanide holds promise as a high energy density material (HEDM) and might also prove useful as a HEDM building block. The simplicity and inherent stability of nitryl cyanide, together with the known multitude of nitriles in interstellar space, suggest that the compound might also be a potential candidate for observations in atmospheric and interstellar chemistry.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 26, 2014
Source ID
10.1002/ange.201404209

Entities

People

  • Guillaume Bélanger‐chabot
  • Karl O. Christe
  • Martin Rahm
  • Ralf Haiges

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency
  • Fonds de Recherche du Québec Nature et technologies
  • National Science Foundation
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Sweden–America Foundation
  • Swedish Research Council

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space