Nitroamine

In organic chemistry, nitroamines are organic compounds with the general chemical structure R2N−NO2. They consist of a nitro group (−NO2) bonded to an amine.[1][2] The parent inorganic compound, where both R substituents are hydrogen, is nitramide, H2N−NO2.

Not to be confused with Nitrosamine.
Structure of the nitroamino group

References
  1. Clayden, J.; Greeves, N.; Warren, S.; Wothers, P. (2001). Organic Chemistry. Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850346-6.
  2. Smith, Michael B.; March, Jerry (2007), Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (6th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, ISBN 978-0-471-72091-1
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