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nitrogen trichloride
Sign in to saveAlso known as Agene, NCl3, [NCl3], nitrogen chloride, trichloramine, nitrogen(III) chloride, trichlorine nitride
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- Cl3N
- Molecular weight
- 120.36 g/mol
- SMILES
- N(Cl)(Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- QEHKBHWEUPXBCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.6
- Polar surface area
- 3.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Nitrogen trichloride
- canonical SMILES
- N(Cl)(Cl)Cl
- chemical formula
- Cl₃N
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- discoverer or inventor
- Pierre Louis Dulong
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Encyclopedic overview
Nitrogen trichloride, also known as trichloramine, is the chemical compound with the formula NCl3. This yellow, oily, and explosive liquid is most commonly encountered as a product of chemical reactions between ammonia-derivatives and chlorine (for example, in swimming pools). Alongside monochloramine and dichloramine, trichloramine is responsible for the distinctive 'chlorine smell' associated with swimming pools, where the compound is readily formed as a product from hypochlorous acid reacting with ammonia and other nitrogenous substances in the water, such as urea from urine.
Preparation and occurrence
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