Tetraselenium tetranitride is the

inorganic compound In chemistry, an inorganic compound is typically a chemical compound that lacks carbon–hydrogen bonds, that is, a compound that is not an organic compound. The study of inorganic compounds is a subfield of chemistry known as '' inorganic chemist ...

with the formula . Like the analogous

tetrasulfur tetranitride Tetrasulfur tetranitride is an inorganic compound with the formula . This gold-poppy coloured solid is the most important binary sulfur nitride, which are compounds that contain only the elements sulfur and nitrogen. It is a precursor to many S-N ...

, is an orange solid. It is however less soluble and more shock-sensitive than . As determined by

X-ray crystallography X-ray crystallography is the experimental science determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline structure causes a beam of incident X-rays to diffract into many specific directions. By measuring the angles ...

, adopts a cage structure similar to that of . The Se–Se and Se–N distances are 2.740 and 1.800 Å, respectively. The N–Se–N angles are 90°. Among its many reactions, reacts with

aluminium chloride Aluminium chloride, also known as aluminium trichloride, is an inorganic compound with the formula . It forms hexahydrate with the formula , containing six water molecules of hydration. Both are colourless crystals, but samples are often contam ...

to form adducts of .

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{{Nitrides Explosive chemicals Inorganic compounds Nitrides Eight-membered rings Nitrogen heterocycles Heterocyclic compounds with 3 rings Selenium compounds