1,3-Diphenyltriazene is the organic compound with the formula PhN=N-N(H)Ph (Ph = C₆H₅). It is a prototypical

triazene Triazene is an unsaturated inorganic compound having the chemical formula N3 H3. It has one double bond and is the second-simplest member of the azene class of hydronitrogen compounds, after diimide. Triazenes are a class of organic compound ...

, i.e. a compound with the functional group RN=N-NR₂. It is a pale yellow solid, prepared by the reaction of

phenyldiazonium Benzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate is an organic compound with the chemical formula, formula 6H5N2F4. It is a salt of a diazonium compound, diazonium cation and tetrafluoroborate. It exists as a colourless solid that is soluble in polar solve ...

chloride with

aniline Aniline (From , meaning ' indigo shrub', and ''-ine'' indicating a derived substance) is an organic compound with the formula . Consisting of a phenyl group () attached to an amino group (), aniline is the simplest aromatic amine. It is an in ...

. It can be prepared from aniline in a

one-pot reaction In chemistry a one-pot synthesis is a strategy to improve the efficiency of a chemical reaction in which a reactant is subjected to successive chemical reactions in just one reactor. This is much desired by chemists because avoiding a lengthy ...

via partial

diazotization Diazonium compounds or diazonium salts are a group of organic compounds sharing a common functional group where R can be any organic group, such as an alkyl or an aryl, and X is an inorganic or organic anion, such as a halide. The parent, compou ...

. It is a planar molecule. The N-N distances are 1.287 and 1.337 Å.

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