Abstract
The reactions of active nitrogen with methyl, ethyl, vinyl, propyl, and isopropyl chlorides yielded hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen chloride as the main products. Small amounts of cyanogen and a polymer were formed from all the halides, and all except methyl chloride also yielded small amounts of C2 and C3 hydrocarbons. The observed changes in amounts of products recovered with different reactant flow rates were characteristic of a fast reaction in which complete consumption of either reactant occurs when the other is present in excess. Mechanisms for the reactions are suggested on the basis that relatively long-lived complexes are formed in the initial attack of a nitrogen atom on the alkyl chloride.
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