A new polymorph of 5,5′-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis(1H-tetrazole)

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C4H6N8, contains a quarter of the molecule, which possesses a crystallographically imposed centre of symmetry with all non-H atoms situated on a mirror plane. The crystal packing exhibits intermolecular N—H...N hydrogen bonds and π–π stacking interactions between the tetrazole rings of adjacent molecules [centroid–centroid distance = 3.4402 (10) Å].