In chemistry, hyponitrite may refer to the anionN 2O2− 2 ([ON=NO]2−), or to any ionic compound that contains it. In organic chemistry, it may also refer to the group −O−N=N−O−, or any organic compound with the generic formula R1−O−N=N−O−R2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups.[1] Such compounds can be viewed as salts and esters of hyponitrous acid.
An acid hyponitrite is an ionic compound with the anion HN 2O− 2 ([HON=NO]−).
The cis (Z) form of sodium hyponitrite can be obtained too, but it is more reactive than the trans form.[2] The cis hyponitrite anion is nearly planar and almost symmetric, with lengths of about 140 pm for N−O bond and 120 pm for the N−N bond, and O−N−N angles of about 119°.[3]
Reactions
The hyponitrite ions can act as a bidentate ligand in either bridging or chelating mode. There is a bridging cis-hyponitrite group in the red dinuclear form of nitrosyl pentammine cobalt(III) chloride, [Co(NH3)5NO]Cl2.[4]
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