Imidogen

Imidogen
Names
IUPAC name
λ1-Azanylidene[1]
Other names
Aminylene

Azanylene
Azanylidene
Imidogen
Nitrene

λ1-azane
hydridonitrogen
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
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  • InChI=1S/HN/h1H checkY
    Key: PDCKRJPYJMCOFO-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • [NH]
Properties
HN
Molar mass 15.015 g·mol−1
Conjugate acid Nitrenium ion
Structure
linear
Thermochemistry
21.19 J K−1 mol−1
181.22 kJ K−1 mol−1
358.43 kJ mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Imidogen is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula NH.[2] Like other simple radicals, it is highly reactive and consequently short-lived except as a dilute gas. Its behavior depends on its spin multiplicity.

  1. ^ IUPAC Red Book 2005
  2. ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.