Synlett 2013; 24(17): 2183-2187
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1339854
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Recent Advanced Strategies for Extending the Nitrogen Chain in the Synthesis of High Nitrogen Compounds

Yongxing Tang
School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Xiaolingwei 200, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(25)84303286   Email: hyang@mail.njust.edu.cn   Email: gcheng@mail.njust.edu.cn
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Hongwei Yang*
School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Xiaolingwei 200, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(25)84303286   Email: hyang@mail.njust.edu.cn   Email: gcheng@mail.njust.edu.cn
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Guangbin Cheng*
School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Xiaolingwei 200, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(25)84303286   Email: hyang@mail.njust.edu.cn   Email: gcheng@mail.njust.edu.cn
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Publication History

Received: 08 June 2013

Accepted after revision: 26 August 2013

Publication Date:
20 September 2013 (online)


Abstract

The synthesis and handling of compounds containing long catenated nitrogen chains are challenging for researchers in this field. These challenges arise from their high endothermic, thermodynamic instability, and a serious lack of nitrogen–nitrogen bond-forming reactions. This paper addresses techniques of azo-coupling reaction between the diazonium salt of N-NH2 and amine derivative to form the longest nitrogen chain (N11). This type of nitrogen–nitrogen bond formation opens a new strategy for the construction of novel compounds containing odd or even numbers of catenated nitrogen atoms (≥9) especially for polynitrogen compounds.