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noun
A weak acid, HNO2, known only in solution, or as its salts and esters, the nitrites; it has a linear structure, H-O-N=O
Nitrous acid, (HNO2), an unstable, weakly acidic compound that has been prepared only in the form of cold, dilute solutions.
Nitrites are derived from nitrous acid (HNO2).
They are much more stable than nitrous acid.
Sulphurous acid and nitrous acid in rain erode limestone over many, many years.
Nitrite, any member of either of two classes of compounds derived from nitrous acid.
Nitroso compounds are obtained by the action of nitrous acid on an organic compound.
Nitrous acid decomposes into nitric oxide, NO, and nitric acid, HNO3.
Nitrous acid, for example, oxidizes iodide ion to elemental iodine but reduces bromine to bromide ion.
Nitrous acid (HNO2), a weak acid, is very unstable and exists only in aqueous solution.
Sodium nitrite, NaNO2, is an important example of a nitrite that is, a salt of nitrous acid.
Nitrous acid converts secondary amines (aliphatic or aromatic) to N-nitroso compounds (nitrosamines): R2NH + HNO2 → R2N−NO.
