Although this term has, regrettably, been used to mean the
N-nitroso derivatives of
amides, logically it refers to
amides of nitrous acid; the
unstable parent compound
H2NNO
is, in fact, named nitrosamide, but its derivatives formed by substitution with
hydrocarbyl groups are by long custom called
nitrosamines.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1352