Sodium hydrazide

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Sodium hydrazide
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Names
Systematic IUPAC name
Sodium aminoazanide
Other names
  • Sodium diazanide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/H3N2.Na/c1-2;/h1H,2H2;/q-1;+1
  • N[NH-].[Na+]
Properties
NaN2H3
Molar mass 54.03 g/mol
AppearancePale-yellow solid [1]
Melting point 100 °C (212 °F; 373 K) [2] (decomposes)
Detonates on contact [3]
Solubility Detonates on contact with alcohols, insoluble in benzene, diethyl ether, soluble in anhydrous hydrazine and ammonia [3] [4]
Hazards
GHS labelling:
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Sodium hydrazide is an inorganic compound with the formula NaN2H3. It is a pale yellow solid that detonates when in contact with air, water, or alcohol. [1]

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History and preparation

Sodium hydrazide was first observed as a mixture with sodium hydroxide in 1895 when excess sodium metal was added to hydrazine hydrate under nitrogen. [5] Subsequently, sodium hydrazide was isolated in pure form by Wilhelm Schlenk in 1915 by the reaction of sodium metal and anhydrous hydrazine, followed by removal of the excess hydrazine by heating to 60 °C: [1] [3]

2Na + 2N2H4 → 2NaN2H3 + H2

It can also be produced by the reaction of sodium amide or sodium hydride and hydrazine. [6]

Properties

Sodium hydrazide is a pale-yellow solid that detonates when heated above 100 °C. [2] It also detonates when in contact with air, water, or alcohol, such as ethanol. [3] [7] Due to this, it is used as a suspension in benzene or diethyl ether in organic reactions. It is capable of doing nucleophilic additions to various compounds, such as nitriles, which is converted to amidrazones. [2] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Goubeau, J.; Kull, U. (1962). "Die Schwingungsspektren von Natrium- und Zinkhydrazid". Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 316 (3–4): 182–189. doi:10.1002/zaac.19623160310. ISSN   0044-2313.
  2. 1 2 3 Kauffmann, Th.; Hacker, H.; Hage, S. M.; Hansen, J.; Henkler, H.; Kosel, Ch.; Lötzsch, K.; Müller, Horst; Rauch, E.; Schoeneck, W.; Schulz, J.; Sobel, J.; Spaude, S.; Weber, R.; Wolf, D.; Zengel, H. (1964). "Reactions of Sodium Hydrazide with Organic Compounds". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 3 (5): 342–353. doi:10.1002/anie.196403421. ISSN   0570-0833.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Schlenk, W.; Weichselfelder, Th. (1915). "Zur Kenntnis des Hydrazins". Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft. 48 (1): 669–676. doi:10.1002/cber.19150480190. ISSN   0365-9496.
  4. 1 2 Kauffmann, Thomas (2001). "Sodium Hydrazide". Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi:10.1002/047084289x.rs072. ISBN   978-0-471-93623-7.
  5. ↑ de Bruyn, C. A. Lobry (1895). "Sur l'hydrate d'hydrazine". Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas. 14 (3): 85–88. doi:10.1002/recl.18950140302. ISSN   0165-0513.
  6. ↑ Welsh, T. W. B. (1915). "ANHYDROUS HYDRAZINE. II. ELECTROLYSIS OF a SOLUTION OF SODIUM HYDRAZIDE IN ANHYDROUS HYDRAZINE.1". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 37 (3): 497–508. Bibcode:1915JAChS..37..497W. doi:10.1021/ja02168a006. ISSN   0002-7863.
  7. ↑ "sodium hydrazide". Chemister. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
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