5-azido-1H-tetrazole - Improved synthesis, crystal structure and sensitivity data

Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie

Volumn 634, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 1051-1057

  Stierstorfer, Jörg ^a   Klapötke, Thomas M ^a   Hammerl, Anton ^a   Chapman, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Azides; Azidotetrazole; Crystal structure; DFT calculations; DSC; Nitrogen heterocycles; Sensitivities

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849131011     PISSN: 00442313     EISSN: 15213749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zaac.200800003     Document Type: Article

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