Diazomethane Sentence Examples
diazomethane
O CH 3, is prepared either by the above method or by the action of diazomethane on phenol, C6HSOH+CH2N2=N2+C6H5.
Well-dried hydroxylamine hydrochloride is dissolved in methyl alcohol and mixed with sodium methylate; a solution of methyldichloramine in absolute ether is then added and an ethereal solution of diazomethane distils over.
Diazomethane is a yellow inodorous gas, very poisonous and corrosive.
Diazomethane converts it into the methyl derivatives of isocyanic acid, and nitramide, NH2N02.
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