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Crystal structures of the potassium and silver salts of nitroform
Goebel, Michael,Klapoetke, Thomas M.,Mayer, Peter
, p. 1043 - 1050 (2006)
The solid state structures of three nitroformate (NF) salts were determined using single crystal X-ray crystallography. The NF anion was found to be a non-planar moiety which adopts either the commonly observed C2v conformation or distorted propeller conformation (D3) in the case of the silver salts, or, a C2 conformation in the case of the potassium salt. This latter C2 conformation has been uniquely observed for potassium nitroformate. All structures exhibit cation-anion interactions that influence the structure of the anion. The 13C and 14N NMR spectra of the NF anion show broad singlets, which indicates the equivalence of the nitro groups in solution within the NMR time-scale. In addition, the vibrational and mass spectra of potassium nitroformate and silver nitroformate monohydrate were recorded. Furthermore, the gaseous decomposition products of potassium nitroformate at 25 °C were detected using IR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.
