Nitryl cyanide

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Nitryl cyanide
Names
IUPAC name
Nitroformonitrile
Other names
Nitric cyanide
Identifiers
3D model (
JSmol
)
  • InChI=1S/CN2O2/c2-1-3(4)5
    Key: PLXPTFQGYWXIEA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [O-][N+](=O)C#N
Properties
CN2O2
Molar mass 72.023 g·mol−1
Appearance Colourless liquid
Density 1.24 g ml−1 (−79 °C)
Melting point −85 °C (−121 °F; 188 K)
Boiling point 7 °C (45 °F; 280 K)
Reacts with water
Thermochemistry
Std enthalpy of
formation
fH298)
212 kJ mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
Nitrile isocyanide (CNNO2)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Nitryl cyanide is an energetic chemical compound with the formula NCNO2. Nitryl cyanide is a possible precursor to the theoretical explosive 2,4,6-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine.[1][2]

Synthesis

Nitryl cyanide was first synthesized in 2014. The reaction of nitronium tetrafluoroborate with tert-butyldimethylsilyl cyanide at −30 °C produces nitryl cyanide, with tert-butyldimethylsilyl fluoride and boron trifluoride as byproducts.[1]

NO2BF4 + t−BuMe2SiCN → NCNO2 + t−BuMe2SiF + BF3

The conversion of this method is only 50%, and using an excess of tert-butyldimethylsilyl causes the yield to drop even further.[1]

References