TY - JOUR A1 - Portius, P. A1 - Filippou, A.C. A1 - Schnakenburg, G. A1 - Davis, M. A1 - Wehrstedt, Klaus-Dieter T1 - Taming the silicon tetraazide beast JF - Synfacts N2 - Highly energetic silicon tetraazide 1 is synthesized safely in high yield and high purity. The compound is prepared as a solution in benzene which allows it to be handled safely. Stable Lewis base adducts of Si(N3)4 (e.g. 2) are also prepared by treatment of either Si(N3)4 or the di­sodium salt of hexaazidosilicate (3) with Lewis bases (2,2-bipyridine or 1,10-phenanthroline). Unlike Si(N3)4 the Lewis base adduct 2 is thermally stable and does not decompose below 265 °C. The decomposition is very energetic (ΔHd = -2.4 kJg-1) which means 2 and related Lewis base ­adducts could replace environmentally harmful Pb(N3)4 used as primary explosive. KW - Highly energetic silicon tetraazide KW - Lewis base adducts KW - Azides KW - Silicon KW - Energetic materials PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0030-1259150 SN - 1861-1958 VL - 1 SP - 0043 EP - 0043 PB - Thieme CY - Stuttgart AN - OPUS4-32352 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -