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chlorimide
Sign in to saveDichloramine (IUPAC name: Azonous dichloride) is a reactive inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is one of the three chloramines of ammonia, the others being monochloramine () and nitrogen trichloride (). This yellow gas is unstable and reacts with many materials. It is formed by a reaction between ammonia and chlorine or sodium hypochlorite. It is a byproduct formed during the synthesis of monochloramine and nitrogen trichloride.
Chemical data
- Formula
- Cl2HN
- Molecular weight
- 85.92 g/mol
- SMILES
- N(Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- JSYGRUBHOCKMGQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.4
- Polar surface area
- 12 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chloramines
- Mass
- 84.949
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- canonical SMILES
- N(Cl)Cl
- Commons category
- Dichloramine
- chemical formula
- Cl₂HN
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Synthesis
- Reactions
- References
Dichloramine (IUPAC name: Azonous dichloride) is a reactive inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is one of the three chloramines of ammonia, the others being monochloramine () and nitrogen trichloride (). This yellow gas is unstable and reacts with many materials. It is formed by a reaction between ammonia and chlorine or sodium hypochlorite. It is a byproduct formed during the synthesis of monochloramine and nitrogen trichloride.
== Synthesis == Dichloramine can be prepared by a reaction between monochloramine and chlorine or sodium hypochlorite:
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