Inside Cover: Tricyanomethane and Its Ketenimine Tautomer: Generation from Different Precursors and Analysis in Solution, Argon Matrix, and as a Single Crystal (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 32/2017). Issue 32 (4th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Banert, Klaus; Chityala, Madhu; Hagedorn, Manfred; Beckers, Helmut; Stüker, Tony; Riedel, Sebastian; Rüffer, Tobias; Lang, Heinrich
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 56:Issue 32(2017)
• Page Start: 9244
• Page End: 9244
• Publication Date: 2017-07-04
• Subjects: azides -- cyanides -- cyanoform -- ketenimines -- reactive intermediates; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201706518
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : Tricyanomethane and its ketenimine tautomer were not simultaneously observed in the studies described by K. Banert, H. Beckers, and co‐workers in their Communication onpage 9582 ff. Whereas the latter species was detected after irradiation of an appropriate vinyl azide in argon matrix, photolysis or thermolysis of the same precursor in solution led to cyanoform with a pyramidal structure, which can also be generated from tricyanomethanide. Single crystals of pure tricyanomethane were found to be surprisingly stable.