Nitroamine

Not to be confused with Nitrosamine.
Structure of the nitroamino group, >N−NO2, here bonded to two R groups

In organic and inorganic chemistry, nitroamines or nitramides are chemical compounds with the general chemical structure R1R2N−NO2. They consist of a nitro group (−NO2) bonded to the nitrogen of an amine.[1][2] The R groups can be any group, typically hydrogen (e.g., methylnitroamine CH3−NH−NO2) and organyl (e.g., diethylnitroamine (CH3CH2−)2N−NO2). An example of inorganic nitroamine is chloronitroamine or chloro(nitro)amine Cl−NH−NO2.[3] The parent inorganic compound, where both R substituents are hydrogen, is nitramide or nitroamine, H2N−NO2.

N-Nitroaniline rearranges in the presence of acid to give 2-nitroaniline.[4]

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  4. ^ Smith, Michael B.; March, Jerry (2007), Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (6th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, p. 738, ISBN 978-0-471-72091-1