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Two hundred years of research have produced only a handful of synthesized all-nitrogen molecules and ions but a lot of stable N n candidates are waiting to be detected. Experimentally, besides the long-known neutrals N2 and linear-N3 there are recent reports of N4 and cyclic-N3 production. In the ions, and have been reported. Ongoing theoretical work has predicted species like N4, N6, N8, N10 and even N60 to be stable. We review the work that has been done recently in this area in both experiment and theory. All-nitrogen chemistry: how far are we from N60?All authorsPeter C. Samartzis & Alec M. Wodtkehttps://doi.org/10.1080/01442350600879319Published online:11 October 2010Table Download CSVDisplay Table
Samartzis et al. (2006) studied this question.