title: 1,2,4,5-Tetrakis(diazidomethyl)benzene.
abstract: The molecule of the title compound, C(10)H(6)N(24), lies on a crystallographic inversion centre located in the middle of the benzene ring. Steric overcrowding by the bulky N(3) groups is avoided by the tendency of four azide entities to be arranged parallel to the benzene ring and the other four azide groups to be arranged alternately above and below the benzene plane in a skeletal C(i) symmetry. The compound is of interest for high-energy research and as a precursor for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes, nanospheres or high-nitrogen carbon nitrides with great potential for biological and technological applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Strasse 38, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wieland
authors.forename: Kuan-Jen
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Udo H
authors.initials: UH
authors.lastname: Brinker
authors.forename: Vladimir B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Arion