Any reaction that leads to the creation of azidoazide azide, C2N14C2N14 (and no, that's not a typo):
This abomination of
nitrogen chemistry is the ultimate expression of the particular brand of lunacy
that goes hand in hand with working with nitrotetrazole compounds and N-amino
azidotetrazole. Yes, I typed that without finding myself in a corner, shivering
in terror.
These high-nitrogen
compounds are a speciality of the Klapoetke lab at Munich University, where the
creation of these disasters looking for a place to happen is a depressingly
regular occurrence. Since there has not been a report in the news of the
University of Munich's chemistry department removing itself from the face of
the planet in a rapidly expanding cloud of hot elemental nitrogen gas, it can
be inferred that the research team there are:
a) Very good at
what they do;
b) Inordinately
lucky;
c) Both the above.
Martin Harding
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