Table 4. Flexibility Ka of nitrile and amine azotosomes, and activation energy ΔE to remove a molecule from each azotosome.
| Species | Ka (J/m2) | ΔE (kcal/mol) |
| Acrylonitrile | 0.26 | 17.1 |
| Acetonitrile | 0.37 | 5.8 |
| Propanenitrile | 0.10 | 7.6 |
| Butanenitrile | 0.13 | 6.4 |
| Pentanenitrile | 0.55 | 8.4 |
| Hexanenitrile | 0.26 | 6.0 |
| Aminopropane | 0.22 | 5.2 |
| Aminobutane | 0.19 | 6.7 |
| Aminopentane | 0.28 | 7.7 |
| Aminohexane | 0.30 | 7.7 |
| Hexane bilayer | 2.20 | — |