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Nitryl chloride

Nitryl chloride is a volatile inorganic compound with formula ClNO<sub>2</sub>. At standard conditions it is a gas.

Formation

Nitryl chloride can be formed in the reaction of dinitrogen pentoxide with chlorides or hydrogen chloride:

N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> + 2HCl <big>→</big> 2ClNO<sub>2</sub> + H<sub>2</sub>O
N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> + NaCl <big>→</big> ClNO<sub>2</sub> + NaNO<sub>3</sub>

Reactions

Nitryl chloride adds to olefins in a radical reaction.

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