trinitramide

Trinitramide is a compound of nitrogen and oxygen with the molecular formula . The compound was detected and described in 2010 by researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. It is made of a nitrogen atom bonded to three nitro groups ().

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Subclass of: nitrogen oxide
Has part: oxygen
Mass: 151.981784

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canonical SMILES: N([N+](=O)[O-])([N+](=O)[O-])[N+](=O)[O-]
chemical formula: N₄O₆
Commons category: Trinitramide

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Earlier, there had been speculation whether trinitramide could exist. Theoretical calculations by Montgomery and Michels in 1993 showed that the compound was likely to be stable.

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