Amines substituted at N with a nitro group (a contracted form of
N-nitroamines); they are thus
amides of nitric acid, and the class is composed of nitramide,
O2NNH2,
and its derivatives formed by substitution.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1350