Compounds of structure
RN2+Y−,
in which R is generally but not necessarily aryl, and the cations of which are usually
formulated as
RN+≡N,
E.g.
PhN+≡N
benzenediazonium chloride. They may also be named, from the
canonical formRN=N+,
hydrocarbyldiazenylium salts.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1332