Triazene is an
unsaturated inorganic compound
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having the chemical formula
N3 H3. It has one
double bond
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and is the second-simplest member of the azene class of hydronitrogen compounds, after
diimide.
Triazenes are a class of organic compounds containing the
functional group
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-N(H)-N=N-. Triazene, possibly along with its
isomer
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Is ...
triimide (HNNHNH), has been synthesized in electron-irradiated ices of
ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula . A stable binary hydride, and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinct pungent smell. Biologically, it is a common nitrogenous ...
and ammonia/
dinitrogen and detected in the gas phase after
sublimation.
[Forstel, Tsegaw, Maksyutenko, Mebel, Sander, & Kaiser. "On the formation of N3H3 isomers in irradiated ammonia bearing ices: Triazene (H2NNNH) or Triimide (HNHNNH)", ''ChemPhysChem'', 2016, 17, 2726.]
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{{Hydrides by group
Nitrogen hydrides