Phosphoryl nitride

Phosphoryl nitride
Names
IUPAC name
Azanylidyne(oxo)-λ5-phosphane
Other names
  • Phosphonitrile oxide
  • Phosphoronitride oxide
  • Phosphorus nitride oxide
  • Phosphorus oxide nitride
  • Phosphorus oxynitride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/NOP/c1-3-2
    Key: CMMOOVZPVLKJPM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • N#P=O
Properties
NOP
Molar mass 60.980 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
Phosphorus mononitride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Phosphoryl nitride is an inorganic chemical with the structure O=P≡N.[1] It is a linear molecule consisting of oxygen, phosphorus, and nitrogen. It has a formal double bond between P and O (a phosphoryl substructure) and a triple bond between P and N (a nitride). It can be obtained in argon matrix isolation at 16 K by laser photolysis of phosphoryl triazide, OP(N3)3.[2] The O=P≡N molecule and its isomer O––N+≡P can interconvert by photoisomerization.[2] Both of these linear molecules are valence isoelectronic to N2O. The stabilities of OPN, ONP, and a cyclic isomer have been studied theoretically in terms of relative stability and periodic-table trends.[3]

Bulk phosphoryl nitride has many polymorphs, similar to its isoelectronic counterpart, silicon dioxide.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Himmel, H.-J.; Linti, G. (2012). "OPN and SPN: Small Molecules with Great Potential". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51 (23): 5541–5542. Bibcode:2012ACIE...51.5541H. doi:10.1002/anie.201201638. PMID 22532508.
  2. 1 2 Zeng, X.; Beckers, H.; Willner, H. (2011). "Elusive O═P≡N, a Rare Example of Phosphorus σ2λ5-Coordination". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133 (51): 20696–20699. doi:10.1021/ja2091867. PMID 22117167.
  3. ↑ Busch, T.; Schoeller, W. W. (1989). "Cyclic and linear analogues of N2O. Theoretical evaluation of bonding properties". Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms, Molecules and Clusters. 13 (4): 289–294. doi:10.1007/BF01398895.
  4. ↑ Lv, Zhen-Long; Lv, Shi-Jie; Wang, Kai-Tong; Cui, Hong-Ling (2024). "Electronic, Elastic, Piezoelectric, and Infrared Properties of 2D Phosphorus Oxynitride by First Principles". Physica Status Solidi B. 261 (5) 2400074. Bibcode:2024PSSBR.26100074L. doi:10.1002/pssb.202400074. ISSN 0370-1972.