Dinitrogen trioxide
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Dinitrogen trioxide (also known as nitrous anhydride) is the inorganic compound with the formula Template:Chem2. It is a nitrogen oxide. It forms upon mixing equal parts of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide and cooling the mixture below −21°C (−6°F):[3]
Dinitrogen trioxide is only isolable at low temperatures (i.e., in the liquid and solid phases). In liquid and solid states, it has a deep blue color.[2] At higher temperatures the equilibrium favors the constituent gases, with KD = 193 kPa (25°C).[4]Template:Cln
This compound is sometimes called "nitrogen trioxide", but this name properly refers to another compound, the (uncharged) nitrate radical Template:Chem2.
Structure and bonding
Dinitrogen trioxide molecule contains an N–N bond. One of the numerous resonant structures of the molecule of dinitrogen trioxide is Template:Chem2, which can be described as a nitroso group Template:Chem2 attached to a nitro group Template:Chem2 by a single bond between the two nitrogen atoms. This isomer is considered as the "anhydride" of the unstable nitrous acid (Template:Chem2), and produces it when mixed with water, although an alternative structure might be anticipated for the true anhydride of nitrous acid (i.e., Template:Chem2). This isomer can be produced from the reaction of tetrabutylammonium nitrite and triflic anhydride in dichloromethane solution at −30°C.[5]
If the nitrous acid is not then used up quickly, it decomposes into nitric oxide and nitric acid. Nitrite salts are sometimes produced by adding Template:Chem2 to water solutions of bases:
Typically, N–N bonds are similar in length to that in hydrazine (145 pm). Dinitrogen trioxide, however, has an unusually long N–N bond at 186 pm. Some other nitrogen oxides also possess long N–N bonds, including dinitrogen tetroxide (175 pm). The Template:Chem2 molecule is planar and exhibits Cs symmetry. The dimensions displayed on the picture below come from microwave spectroscopy of low-temperature, gaseous Template:Chem2:[3]
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References
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External links
- National Pollutant Inventory – Oxides of nitrogen fact sheet
- Webelements: Compound data – dinitrogen trioxide
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- Ivtantermo – thermodynamic properties of dinitrogen trioxide at a wide range of elevated temperatures
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