Chemistry:Nitroamine

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Short description: Organic compounds of the form >N–NO₂
Structure of the nitroamino group

In organic chemistry, nitroamines are organic compounds with the general chemical structure R
2
N–NO
2
. They consist of a nitro group (–NO
2
) bonded to an amine.[1][2] The parent inorganic compound, where both R substituents are hydrogen, is nitramide, H
2
N–NO
2
.

References

  1. Clayden, J.; Greeves, N.; Warren, S.; Wothers, P. (2001). Organic Chemistry. Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850346-6. https://archive.org/details/organicchemistry00clay_0. 
  2. Smith, Michael B.; March, Jerry (2007), Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (6th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, ISBN 978-0-471-72091-1, https://books.google.com/books?id=JDR-nZpojeEC&printsec=frontcover