Chemistry:Isocyanogen

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Isocyanogen, also known as cyanoisocyanogen, is a carbon nitride as well as a metastable isomer of cyanogen which has also been detected in the interstellar medium.[1][2]

It is polar and is a ylide.

Isomers

Besides the obvious isomer cyanogen, it also has another isomer, diisocyanogen.[3]

The molecular structure of diisocyanogen

Diisocyanogen is the least stable of all C
2
N
2
isomers, and it polymerizes in solution at temperatures above -30 degrees celsius; despite this, its synthesis has been achieved.[4][5]

However, unlike isocyanogen, it is nonpolar and has not been detected in the interstellar medium as of 2022.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Agúndez, M.; Marcelino, N.; Cernicharo, J. (2018-07-10). "Discovery of Interstellar Isocyanogen (CNCN): Further Evidence that Dicyanopolyynes are Abundant in Space". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 861 (2): L22. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aad089. ISSN 2041-8205. PMID 30186588. Bibcode: 2018ApJ...861L..22A. 
  2. ↑ Vastel, C.; Loison, J. C.; Wakelam, V.; Lefloch, B. (2019-05-01). "Isocyanogen formation in the cold interstellar medium" (in en). Astronomy & Astrophysics 625: A91. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935010. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode: 2019A&A...625A..91V. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2019/05/aa35010-19/aa35010-19.html. 
  3. ↑ Nguyen, Minh Tho (1989-05-19). "Isocyanogen (NCNC) and diisocyanogen (CNNC): Structures and some spectroscopic properties" (in en-US). Chemical Physics Letters 157 (5): 430–435. doi:10.1016/0009-2614(89)87276-8. ISSN 0009-2614. Bibcode: 1989CPL...157..430N. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0009261489872768. 
  4. ↑ Maier, Günther; Reisenauer, Hans Peter; Eckwert, Jürgen; Sierakowski, Claudia; Stumpf, Thomas (1992). "Matrix Isolation of Diisocyanogen CNNC". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 31 (9): 1218–1220. doi:10.1002/anie.199212181. ISSN 1521-3773. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.199212181. 
  5. ↑ van der Does, Thomas; Bickelhaupt, Friedrich (1988). "Diisocyanogen". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 27 (7): 936–938. doi:10.1002/anie.198809361. ISSN 1521-3773. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.198809361. 
  6. ↑ Ritika; Kumar, Sanchit; Dhilip Kumar, T. J. (2022). "Electronic structure calculations and quantum dynamics of rotational deexcitation of CNNC by He" (in en). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24 (5): 2785–2793. doi:10.1039/D1CP04273D. ISSN 1463-9076. PMID 35039815. Bibcode: 2022PCCP...24.2785R. https://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=D1CP04273D.