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. 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, Cl−NH−NO2. 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.
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Further reading Schmidt, Eckart W. (2022). "Nitramines". Encyclopedia of Liquid Fuels. De Gruyter. pp. 4203–4413. doi:10.1515/9783110750287-035. ISBN 978-3-11-075028-7.