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Reactivity Documentation

Azo, Diazo, Azido, Hydrazine, and Azide Compounds

mixed with

Metals, Alkali, Very Active

Summary

Details

Metals, Alkali, Very Active is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Azo, Diazo, Azido, Hydrazine, and Azide Compounds mixed with
Metals, Alkali, Very Active

Hazard Predictions

Diazomethane explodes on contact with group I metals (Eistert, B. 1948. Newer Methods of Preparative Organic Chemistry. New York: Interscience. pp. 518; Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 1085).

Anhydrous hydrazine reacts explosively with sodium or potassium. Hydrazine hydrate and sodium react very exothermically, generating hydrogen and ammonia (Mellor, J. 1940. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 8, p. 316. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.; Bretherick, L. 1996. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards. Vol. 1, p. 1571. Fifth Ed. Urben, P.G., Ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, MA).

Azides decompose rapidly in the presence of one-electron reductants, releasing nitrogen gas and generating reactive radical intermediates (J. E. Leffler and H. H. Gibson Jr., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1968, 90, 4117-4121). Alkali metals are very strong one-electron reductants (W.C. Fernelius and G.W. Watt, Chem. Rev. 1937, 20, 195-258).

Potential Gas Byproducts