Toluene → Diisobutyl aluminium azide

HRID 550040Notes

Reaction equation

[N-:1]=[N+:2]=[N-:3].[Na+].[Cl-].[Al+3:6].[Cl-].[Cl-].[C:9]1([CH3:15])[CH:14]=CC=C[CH:10]=1>>[N-:1]=[N+:2]=[N-:3].[CH2:10]([Al+:6][CH2:14][CH:9]([CH3:10])[CH3:15])[CH:9]([CH3:15])[CH3:14]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 1140Toluene

HCID 33557Sodium Azide

HCID 6451240Aluminum(III) Chloride

Product 1

HCID 86610998Diisobutyl aluminium azide

Procedure

1.235 g of granular sodium azide (19 mmol) are added to a cold solution of dilsobutyl aluminium chloride (19 mmol, 1.8M in toluene) diluted in 5 ml of toluene and the mixture is stirred at room temperature over the night to give diisobutyl aluminium azide.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-6553c153fbc1461bb6dcfc66c7c1b8bd
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2011_05
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07943647B2

Reaction notes

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