Beryllium azide,, is an inorganic compound. It is the beryllium analog of hydrazoic acid .
Beryllium azide has been synthesised by the reaction of beryllium chloride with neat trimethylsilyl azide:[1]
Alternatively, dimethylberyllium reacts with hydrazoic acid in dry diethyl ether at −116 °C:
Infrared and Raman spectra suggest that beryllium azide consists of infinite chains, with tetrahedrally coordinated beryllium(II) atoms covalently bridged by one end of the azide units.