Nickel azide

Nickel azide is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula. It can be formed through the reaction between nickel tetracarbonyl and iodine azide.

Properties

Nickel azide water solution has high absorbance in the ultraviolet with a peak at 292 nm. The solution also contains hexaaquanickel cations with visible light absorption peaks at 394, 656, and 720 nm. A related mixed anion compound with nicotinic acid and nicotinate exhibits EO bridging coordination on the azide, and possesses an unusual angle between the nickel and nitrogen present within the complex. Like most azides, it is explosive.