Nitroamine

Not to be confused with Nitrosamine.

Structure of the nitroamino group, >N−NO₂, here bonded to two R groups

In organic and inorganic chemistry, nitroamines are chemical compounds with the general chemical structure R¹R²N−NO₂. They consist of a nitro group (−NO₂) bonded to the nitrogen of an amine. The R groups can be any group, typically hydrogen (e.g., methylnitroamine CH₃−NH−NO₂) and organyl (e.g., diethylnitroamine (CH₃CH₂−)₂N−NO₂). An example of atypical nitroamine is chloronitroamine or chloro(nitro)amine Cl−NH−NO₂. The parent inorganic compound, where both R substituents are hydrogen, is nitramide or nitroamine, H₂N−NO₂.