Although this term has, regrettably, been used to mean the
N-nitroso derivatives of
amides, logically it refers to
amides of nitrous acid; the
unstable parent compound
H2NNO
is, in fact, named nitrosamide, but its derivatives formed by substitution with
hydrocarbyl groups are by long custom called
nitrosamines.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1352
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
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