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 compoun ...

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

aniline Aniline is an organic compound with the formula C6 H5 NH2. Consisting of a phenyl group attached to an amino group, aniline is the simplest aromatic amine. It is an industrially significant commodity chemical, as well as a versatile starti ...

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

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