Cover Picture: Detection of the Elusive Triazane Molecule (N3H5) in the Gas Phase (ChemPhysChem 15/2015). Issue 15 (21st October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Förstel, Marko; Maksyutenko, Pavlo; Jones, Brant M.; Sun, Bing‐Jian; Chen, Shih‐Hua; Chang, Agnes. H.‐H.; Kaiser, Ralf I.
• Is Part Of: Chemphyschem. Volume 16:Issue 15(2015)
• Page Start: 3119
• Page End: 3119
• Publication Date: 2015-10-21
• Subjects: Chemistry, Physical and theoretical -- Periodicals; 541.05
• DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201500816
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1439-4235

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="graphical" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <bold>The first experimental observation</bold> of the hitherto elusive triazane (N₃H₅) molecule in the gas phase is verified with electronic structure calculations. By a combined theoretical and experimental approach, it is shown that triazane is surprisingly stable and survives sublimation into the gas phase, where it can be identified by using vacuum ultraviolet single photon ionization coupled with reflectron time‐of‐flight mass spectroscopy. Triazane is of fundamental interest because, so far, only two single bonded nitrogen hydrides, ammonia (NH₃) and hydrazine (N₂H₄), are known. Here, triazane represents a key compound for the understanding of the stability of single‐bonded nitrogen chains. More details can be found in the Communication by A. H.‐H. Chang, Prof. Dr. R. I. Kaiser et al. on <bold>page 3139 in Issue 15, 2015</bold>. (DOI: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201500560" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">10.1002/cphc.201500560</ext-link>).<graphic position="anchor" mimetype="image" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgkv8crgg0" orientation="portrait" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" /></p> </abstract>