Nitroxylic acid
Nitroxylic acid or hydronitrous acid is an unstable reduced oxonitrogen acid. It has formula H4N2O4 containing nitrogen in the +2 oxidation state.[1] The corresponding anion called nitroxylate is N
2O4−
4 or NO2−
2.
The first clue that nitroxylic acid exists was when
CAS number
13968-14-4.
Lithium sodium nitroxylate LiNaNO2 also exists and explodes at 130 °C.[4]
Nitroxylic acid might be produced when nitrous acid is reduced by the Eu2+ ion.[5]
References
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