Substituted 2,5-Diaryl-2H-Tetrazoles

Elimination of nitrogen from diaryl substituted 2H-tetrazoles during the first step of thermal decomposition yields diphenylnitrileimines. In spite of the. drastic reaction conditions of the melt, they react relatively selective, giving two main products, the 1,2,4,5-tetrazines and 1,2,4-triazoles (together more than 70%). The triazoles are formed if the separation of nitrenes from the nitrileimine is favoured. Therefore, the mass losses found for the first step exceed the values calculated for N₂ only. The product mixture after the first TG step was investigated by the title methods, and especially by means of computer-aided MS analysis.