Chemistry:Carbon nitride
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Short description: Chemical compound made of only carbon and nitrogen

Carbon nitrides are organic compounds consisting only of carbon and nitrogen atoms.
Covalent network compounds
These materials are organic semiconductors. Due to its hydrogen-bonding motifs and electron-rich properties, this carbon material is considered a potential candidate for material applications in carbon supplementation.[1]
- Beta carbon nitride - a solid with a formula β-C
3N
4, which is predicted to be harder than diamond. - Graphitic carbon nitride - g-C
3N
4, with important catalytic and sensor properties.[2]
- Dicyanodiazomethane (N≡C)
2C=N+
=N−
, the only C
3N
4 isomer studied experimentally - Tricyanamide N(C≡N)
3 - C
3N
4 monomer (has never been prepared yet) - Dicyanocarbodiimide N≡C–N=C=N–C≡N - another C
3N
4 monomer (was detected in products of photolysis of triazido-s-triazine).[3]
Azafullerenes
- Azafullerenes are a class of heterofullerenes in which the element substituting for carbon is nitrogen.[6] Examples include (C
59N)
2 (biazafullerenyl),[7] C
58N
2 (diaza[60]fullerene), C
57N
3 (triaza[60]fullerene) and C
48N
12.
Cyanofullerenes
- Cyanofullerenes are a class of modified fullerenes in which cyano- groups are attached to a fullerene skeleton. These have the formula C
60(CN)
2n, where n takes the values 1 to 9.
Cyanogen
- Cyanogen - C
2N
2 (N≡C–C≡N) - Isocyanogen - C
2N
2 (−
C≡N+
–C≡N) - Diisocyanogen - C
2N
2 (−
C≡N+
–+
N≡C−
) - Paracyanogen - a cyanogen polymer, (NCCN)
n - Paraisocyanogen - a cyanogen polymer, (CNCN)
n
Percyanoalkynes, -alkenes and -alkanes
- dicyanoacetylene - C
4N
2 or N≡C–C≡C–C≡N, also called carbon subnitride or but-2-ynedinitrile - tetracyanoethylene - C
6N
4 or (N≡C–)
2C=C(–C≡N)
2 - tetracyanomethane - C
5N
4 or C(–C≡N)
4 - 2,2-diisocyanopropanedinitrile - C
5N
4 or (−
C≡N+
–)
2C(–C≡N)
2 also called dicyano(diisocyano)methane - hexacyanoethane - C
8N
6 or (N≡C–)
3C–C(–C≡N)
3 - hexacyanocyclopropane - C
9N
6 or cyclo-C
3(CN)
6 - hexacyanobutadiene[8] - C
10N
6 or (N≡C–)
2C=C(–C≡N)–C(–C≡N)=C(–C≡N)
2
Dicyanopolyynes
Dicyanopolyynes are compounds with the chemical formula N≡C(–C≡C–)
nC≡N. They are composed of a chain of carbon atoms with alternating single and triple bonds, terminated by nitrogen atoms. Although not polyynes, cyanogen N≡C–C≡N (n = 0) and dicyanoacetylene N≡C–C≡C–C≡N (n = 1) fit within this series.
- C
6N
2 or N≡C(–C≡C–)
2C≡N, dicyanobutadiyne or dicyanodiacetylene - C
8N
2 or N≡C(–C≡C–)
3C≡N, dicyanohexatriyne or dicyanotriacetylene - C
10N
2 or N≡C(–C≡C–)
4C≡N, dicyanooxatetrayne or dicyanotetraacetylene - C
12N
2 or N≡C(–C≡C–)
5C≡N, dicyanodecapentayne or dicyanopentaacetylene - C
14N
2 or N≡C(–C≡C–)
6C≡N, dicyanododecahexayne or dicyanohexaacetylene - C
16N
2 or N≡C(–C≡C–)
7C≡N, dicyanotetradecaheptayne or dicyanoheptaacetylene - C
18N
2 or N≡C(–C≡C–)
8C≡N, dicyanohexadecaoctayne or dicyanooctaacetylene - C
20N
2 or N≡C(–C≡C–)
9C≡N, dicyanooctadecanonayne or dicyanononaacetylene - C
22N
2 or N≡C(–C≡C–)
10C≡N, dicyanoicosadecayne or dicyanodecaacetylene
Perazidoalkynes, -alkenes and -alkanes
- tetraazidomethane - CN
12 or C(–N=N+
=N−
)
4
Percyanoheterocycles
- pentacyanopyridine - C
10N
6 - tetracyanopyrazine - C
8N
6 - tricyanotriazine - C
6N
6[9] - tetracyano-bitriazine - C
10N
10[9] - dicyanotetrazine - C
4N
6 - hexacyanotrisimidazole - C
15N
12 - hexacyanohexaazatriphenylene - C
18N
12
Aromatic cyanocarbons
- hexacyanobenzene - C
12N
6 or C
6(CN)
6 - octacyanonaphthalene - C
18N
8 or C
10(CN)
8 - decacyanoanthracene - C
24N
10 or C
14(CN)
10
Other compounds
- cyanonitrene - CN
2 or [N≡C–N ⇌ −
N=C=N+
⇌ +
N=C=N−
⇌ N–C≡N] (one of the nitrogens is univalent) - azodicarbonitrile - C
2N
4 or N≡C–N=N–C≡N, cis and trans isomers - cyanogen azide - CN
4 or N≡C–N=N+
=N− - 1-diazidocarbamoyl-5-azidotetrazole - C
2N
14 - 2,2′-azobis(5-azidotetrazole) - C
2N
16 - triazidotriazine (cyanuric triazide) - C
3N
12 (C
3N
3(N
3)
3) - triazidoheptazine - C
6N
16 (C
6N
7(N
3)
3) - tricyanomethanimine (dicyanomethylene-cyanamide) - C
4N
4 or N≡C–N=C(–C≡N)
2 - diazidodicyanoethylene - C
4N
8 or (−
N=N+
=N–)
2C=C(–C≡N)
2 and (−
N=N+
=N–)(N≡C–)C=C(–N=N+
=N−
)(–C≡N), cis and trans - dicyanodiazomethane - C
3N
4 or (N≡C–)
2C=N+
=N− - dicyanocarbene - C
3N
2 or CII
(–C≡N)
2 (and isomers cyanoisocyanocarbene −
C≡N+
–CII
–C≡N, diisocyanocarbene −
C≡N+
–CII
–+
N≡C−
, 3-cyano-2H-azirenylidene and 3-isocyano-2H-azirenylidene) - 1,3,5-triazido-2,4,6-tricyanobenzene - C
9N
12 (C
6(CN)
3(N
3)
3) - nitrogen tricyanide N(–C≡N)
3 and carbon bis(cyanamide) N≡C–N=C=N–C≡N, two formal monomers of polymeric C
3N
4
Anions and functional groups
- cyanide - −
C≡N ion, cyanide –C≡N and isocyanide –+
N≡C−
functional groups - dicyanamide - N(CN)−
2 or −
N(–C≡N)
2 - tricyanomethanide - C(CN)−
3 or −
C(–C≡N)
3 - pentacyanoethanide - C
2(CN)−
5 or (N≡C–)
2C−
–C(–C≡N)
3 - pentacyanopropenide (pentacyanoallyl anion) - C
3(CN)−
5 - 2-dicyanomethylene-1,1,3,3-tetracyanopropanediide C
10N2−
6 - tricyanomelaminate anion - C
3N
3(NCN)3−
3 - melonate - C
6N
7(NCN)3−
3 - cyanofullerene anions - C
60(CN)
n−
(n odd) and C
60(CN)
n2− (n even) - cyanoacetlyide - C
3N−
or −
C≡C–C≡N - cyanobutadiynylide - C
5N−
or −
C≡C–C≡C–C≡N - cyanopolyynide anions - C
nN−
(n odd)
See also
References
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