diazo compounds

Compounds having the divalent diazo group, =N+=N, attached to a carbon atom, e.g. CH2=N2 diazomethane.
See also: dipolar compounds
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307 (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1332