1,4-Bis(p-pentazolylphenyl)butan, 1-p-Azidophenyl-4-p-pentazolylphenyl- butan und 1,4-Bis(p-azidophenyl)butan / 1,4-Bis(p-pentazolylphenyl)butane, 1-p-Azidophenyl-4-p-pentazolylphenyl-butane and 1,4-Bis(p-azidophenyl)butane

Abstract

1,4-Bis(p-pentazolylphenyl)butane (1), 1-p-azidophenyl-4-p-pentazolylphenyl-butane (2) and 1,4-bis(p-azidophenyl)butane (3) were obtained by the reaction of 1,4-diphenylbutane-4’,4”- bis(diazonium) ions with sodium azide in methanol at −50 °C. In the 1H and 13C NMR spectra the three compounds can be distinguished unequivocally. At −50 °C a mixture with a composition 1:2:3 of 10:30:60 was obtained. By recrystallization first from dichloromethane/methanol and then from dichloromethane/petroleum ether the pentazole components were enriched to a composition ratio of 21:62:17. The rate constants of the decompositions 1→2 and 2→3 at 0 °C were determined from the variation of the 1H NMR intensities. At room temperature all of the material is converted to 3. 3 crystallizes in two monoclinic modifications. At −70 °C a modification 3-LT having space group P21/c (a = 950.8, b = 1192.6, c = 701.3 pm, β = 92.55°, Z = 2; R = 0.075) was obtained. The modification crystallizing at room temperature (3-HT) has space group I2/a (a = 1514.5, b = 498.1, c = 2027.9 pm, β = 92.73°, Z = 4; R = 0.040). Whereas both modifications consist of nearly identical molecules, their packings are quite different. When the low temperature modification is warmed to room temperature, its crystals jump like flees and are disrupted to a fine powder.