Nitroamine

{{Short description|Organic compounds of the form >N–NO₂}}

{{Distinguish|Nitrosamine}}

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In organic and inorganic chemistry, nitroamines or nitramides are chemical compounds with the general chemical structure {{chem2|R^{1}R^{2}N\sNO2}}. They consist of a nitro group ({{chem2|\sNO2}}) bonded to the nitrogen of an amine.{{cite book |last1=Clayden |first1=J. |last2=Greeves |first2=N. |last3=Warren |first3=S. |last4=Wothers |first4=P. |title=Organic Chemistry |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford, Oxfordshire |year=2001 |isbn=0-19-850346-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/organicchemistry00clay_0 |url-access=registration}}{{March6th}} The R groups can be any group, typically hydrogen (e.g., methylnitroamine {{chem2|CH3\sNH\sNO2}}) and organyl (e.g., diethylnitroamine {{chem2|(CH3CH2\s)2N\sNO2}}). An example of inorganic nitroamine is chloronitroamine, {{chem2|Cl\sNH\sNO2}}.{{cite web | url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/22497266 | title=N-chloronitramide }} The parent inorganic compound, where both R substituents are hydrogen, is nitramide or nitroamine, {{chem2|H2N\sNO2}}.

N-Nitroaniline rearranges in the presence of acid to give 2-nitroaniline.{{March6th|page=738}}