Angeli's salt

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Angeli's salt
Identifiers
3D model (
JSmol
)
UNII
  • InChI=1S/N2O3.2Na/c3-1-2(4)5;;/q;2*+1
    Key: XDPWLJKQGUTUKZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • N(=O)[N+](=O)[O-].[Na+].[Na+]
Properties
N2Na2O3
Molar mass 121.991 g·mol−1
Appearance white solid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Angeli's salt, sodium trioxodinitrate, is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2[N2O3]. It contains nitrogen in an unusual reduced state. It is a colorless, water-soluble solid, hence a salt. In research, this salt is used as a source of the metastable nitroxyl (HNO), which is a signalling molecule in nature.[1] It is also known by the name sodium trioxodinitrate(II) monohydrate.

Preparation and properties

As first reported by

nitronium (NO+
2):[2][3]

NH2OH + RONO2 + 2 NaOR′ → ROH + 2 R′OH + Na2N2O3

The structure of the hydrate has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The anion is planar. Starting from the ONN end, the bond distances are 1.35 Å (N−O), 1.26 Å (N−N), 1.31 Å (N−O), and 1.32 Å (N−-O). The negative charge is on the oxygen atoms at opposite ends of the molecule. The angles are 112.9° (Osingle−N−N), 118.4° (N−N−Otrans), and 122.5° (N−N−Ocis). This means that the nitrogen–nitrogen bond is a double bond, and that the cis oxygen is slightly repelled by the single oxygen.[4]

Reaction of Angeli's salt with

secondary amines in the presence of a proton source results in extrusion of N2 via isodiazenes as proposed intermediates.[5]

References

  1. PMID 23140899
    .
  2. ^ Angeli, A. (1896). "Sopra la nitroidrossilammina" [On nitrohydroxylamine]. Gazz. Chim. Ital. (in Italian). 26: 17–28.
  3. PMID 9919577
    .
  4. doi:10.1021/ic50120a008
    .
  5. OCLC 223941000
    .
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