Dinitrogen monoxide oxide

Hydrogenation catalyst, Acid, Fuel Riesthuis, P. et al., J. Loss Prev. Process Ind., 1997, 10(10), 67 In the presence of precious metal hydrogenation catalyst, hydroxylamine salts may disproportionate and form dinitrogen monoxide. Such a mixture is present in a process whereby the hydroxyamine is formed by hydrogenation of nitrate. An explosion in the degassing line, after a period of abnormal operation, was attributed to nitrous oxide build-up. Fuel, in the form of hydrogen and methane diluent, was already present. 

MRH Dinitrogen monoxide 6.99/84, dinitrogen trioxide 9.25/75, nitrogen oxide 9.71/78, nitrous acid 7.11/79... 

G. I. Panov, A. S. Kharitonov, and V. I. Sobolev, Oxidative hydroxylation using dinitrogen monoxide a possible route for organic synthesis over zeolites, Appl. Catal. A 98, 1 (1992). 

O In basic solution, ammonia, NH3, can be oxidized to dinitrogen monoxide, N2O. 

Synonyms Laughing gas nitrogen oxide dinitrogen monoxide... 

Mixtures of potassium and solid carbon dioxide are shock-sensitive and explode violently on impact, and carbon monoxide readily reacts to form explosive carbon-ylpotassium (potassium benzenehexoxide) [1]. Dichlorine oxide explodes on contact with potassium [2]. Potassium ignites in dinitrogen tetraoxide or dinitrogen penta-oxide at ambient temperature and incandesces when warmed with nitrogen oxide or phosphorus(V) oxide [3]. At —50°C, potassium and carbon monoxide react to give dicarbonylpotassium, which explodes in contact with air or water, or at 100°C. At 150°C, the product is a trimer of this, potassium benzenehexoxide. The just-molten metal ignites in sulfur dioxide [4]. 

Today we have sophisticated lab equipment to help us analyze the products of reactions. In the past, when such equipment was not available, chemists sometimes jeopardized their safety and health to determine the products of the reactions they studied. Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), a contributor to many areas of chemistry, thought nothing of inhaling the gaseous products of the chemical reactions that he carried out. He tried to breathe pure C02, then known as fixed air. He nearly suffocated himself by breathing hydrogen. In 1800, Davy inhaled dinitrogen monoxide, N20, otherwise known as nitrous oxide, and discovered its anaesthetic properties. What is nitrous oxide used for today ... 

Dinitrogen monoxide (A/Z = +82.10kJmol ), also called nitrous oxide, is a colorless, diamagnetic gas with a weak, pleasant odor, and a sweet taste. The melting point of N2O is 182.3 K its boiling point is 184.7K. It is insoluble in water. ... 

SYNS DINITROGEN MONOXIDE FACTITIOUS AIR HYPONITROUS ACID ANHYDRIDE LAUGHING GAS NITROUS OXIDE (DOT) NITROUS OXIDE, compressed (UN 1070) (DOT) NITROUS OXIDE, refrigerated liquid (LIN 2201) (DOT)... 

Applying Concepts The following equations show redox reactions that are sometimes used in the laboratory to generate pure nitrogen gas and pure dinitrogen monoxide gas (nitrous oxide, N2O). 

Synonyms Dinitrogen monoxide Laughing gas Hyponitrous acid anhydride Factitious air Nitrogen monoxide Entonox Nitronox Chemical/Pharmaceutical/Other Class An oxide of nitrogen... 

By convention the prefix mono- is often omitted from the second element as well (dinitrogen oxide, not dinitrogen monoxide). In other cases, common usage retains the prefix (carbon monoxide, not carbon oxide). 

Dinitrogen monoxide (also known as nitrous oxide and used as an anesthetic) can be made by heating ammonium nitrate ... 

Dinitrogen monoxide (Table 14.6) is usually prepared by decomposition of solid ammonium nitrate (equation 14.87, compare reaction 14.6) but the aqueous solution reaction 14.88 is useful for obtaining a purer product. For further detail on the oxidation of NH2OH to N2O, see Section 14.5. 

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