NaN3 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2 space group. Na(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent N(1) and six equivalent N(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent N sites. In the first N site, N(1) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Na(1) and two equivalent N(2) atoms. In the second N site, N(2) is bonded to three equivalent Na(1) and one N(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing NNa3N trigonal pyramids.
NaN3 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2 space group. Na(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent N(1) and six equivalent N(2) atoms. Both Na(1)-N(1) bond lengths are 2.38 Å. There are a spread of Na(1)-N(2) bond distances ranging from 2.20-2.92 Å. There are two inequivalent N sites. In the first N site, N(1) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Na(1) and two equivalent N(2) atoms. Both N(1)-N(2) bond lengths are 1.14 Å. In the second N site, N(2) is bonded to three equivalent Na(1) and one N(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing NNa3N trigonal pyramids.