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Nitrosyl azide is a highly labile
Characterization of the compound with IR and 
nitrogen oxide Nitrogen oxide may refer to a binary compound of oxygen and nitrogen, or a mixture of such compounds:
Charge-neutral
*Nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen(II) oxide, or nitrogen monoxide
* Nitrogen dioxide (), nitrogen(IV) oxide
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with chemical formula .
Synthesis
Nitrosyl azide can be synthesized via the following reaction of sodium azide andnitrosyl chloride
Nitrosyl chloride is the chemical compound with the formula NOCl. It is a yellow gas that is commonly encountered as a component of aqua regia, a mixture of 3 parts concentrated hydrochloric acid and 1 part of concentrated nitric acid. It is a ...
at low temperatures:
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Properties
Below −50 °C, nitrosyl azide exists as a pale yellow solid. Above this temperature, it decomposes intonitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, or nos, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula . At room temperature, it is a colourless non-flammable gas, and ha ...
and molecular nitrogen
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Characterization of the compound with IR and Raman spectroscopy
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show absorption bands that agree well with calculated values for a ''trans''-structure. Quantum chemical calculations show a ''cis''-form higher in energy by 4.2 kJ/mol and an aromatic ring form that is more stable by 205 kJ/mol. However, the cyclization to the ring form would have to surpass the 205 kJ/mol activation energy
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barrier require to bend the azide group, which might explain why nitrosyl azide is stable enough to be isolated at low temperature.
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