Instead of azides, which can be explosive and poorly soluble in nonpolar solvents, azabicycloheptadienes can be used to synthesize nitrides. The reaction of diiodide 1 with the lithium amide 3 provides the red nitride 2 in 60 % yield with loss of lithium iodide and anthracene. The remaining iodo ligand in 2 can undergo an exchange reaction with lithium amide 3, but no more anthracene is released.

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通过蒽消除去质子化的2,3：5,6-二苯并-7-氮杂双环[2.2.1]庚-2,5-二烯作为氮的氮源：碘化物（氮化物）铬（VI）配合物的合成。

可以使用氮杂双环庚二烯代替叠氮化物（叠氮化物可能易爆且难溶于非极性溶剂），以合成氮化物。二碘化物1与酰胺化锂3的反应以60％的收率提供了红色氮化物2，同时损失了碘化锂和蒽。2中剩余的碘配体可与氨基锂3发生交换反应，但不再释放蒽。