Crystal structure of 2-azido-1H-imidazole-4,5-di­carbonitrile

In the title compound, C5HN7, the nitrile and azido substituents are close to being coplanar with the central ring. Mol­ecules in the crystal are linked via an N—H⋯N hydrogen bond to a nitrile acceptor, forming a chain extending along the c-axis direction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Windler, G. Kenneth, Scott, Brian L., Tomson, Neil C., Leonard, Philip W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4555391/