Nomenclature
CAS number: 7782-94-7
H
2N
2O
2; mol wt 62.03.
H 3.25%, N 45.16%, O 51.59%.
H
2NNO
2.
Description and references
Prepd from potassium nitrocarbamate: Thiele,
Lachmann, Ber. 27, 1909
(1894); Ann. 288, 267
(1895); Marlies, La Mer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 57, 2008 (1935); Marlies et al., Inorg. Synth. 1, 68 (1939).
Properties
Unstable, shiny, white leaflets from ether + petr
ether, mp 72-75° (dec). Dipole moment 3.7. Should be freshly prepd when needed. Does
not explode under ordinary conditions. Handle
in glass or platinum. Sol in ether, alcohol, acetone,
water. Slightly sol in benzene. Practically insol in petr ether,
chloroform.