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nitramide

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Also known as NO2NH2, N(NH2)O2, nitramine, nitryl amide

Nitramide or nitroamine is a chemical compound with the molecular formula . It is an isomer of hyponitrous acid. Nitramide can be viewed as a nitrogen analog of nitric acid (), in which the hydroxyl group is replaced with the amino group .

Chemical data

Formula
H2N2O2
Molecular weight
62.028 g/mol
IUPAC name
nitramide
SMILES
N[N+](=O)[O-]
InChIKey
SFDJOSRHYKHMOK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
-0.2
Polar surface area
71.8 Ų
H-bond donors
1
H-bond acceptors
3
Formal charge
0

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Structure
  • Synthesis
  • Organic nitramides
  • References

Nitramide or nitroamine is a chemical compound with the molecular formula . It is an isomer of hyponitrous acid. Nitramide can be viewed as a nitrogen analog of nitric acid (), in which the hydroxyl group is replaced with the amino group .

Substituted derivatives {{chem2|R^{1}R^{2}N\sNO2}} are termed nitramides or nitroamines as well and see wide use as explosives: examples include RDX and HMX.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “nitramide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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