Nitrate radical
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2O
3, see dinitrogen trioxide.
Nitrogen trioxide or nitrate radical is an oxide of nitrogen with formula NO
3, consisting of three oxygen atoms covalently bound to a nitrogen atom. This highly unstable blue compound has not been isolated in pure form, but can be generated and observed as a short-lived component of gas, liquid, or solid systems.[1]
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IUPAC name
Nitrate radical | |||
Systematic IUPAC name
Trioxidonitrogen(•) | |||
Other names
Nitrooxy radical | |||
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NO3 | |||
Molar mass | 62.004 g·mol−1 | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Like nitrogen dioxide NO
2, it is a radical (a molecule with an unpaired valence electron), which makes it paramagnetic. It is the uncharged counterpart of the nitrate anion NO−
3 and an isomer of the peroxynitrite radical OONO.[1]
Nitrogen trioxide is an important intermediate in reactions between atmospheric components, including the destruction of ozone.[1][2]