N-Nitroso
amines, compounds of the structure
R2NNO.
Compounds
RNHNO
are not ordinarily isolable, but they, too, are nitrosamines. The name is a contraction
of
N-nitrosoamine and, as such, does not require the
N locant.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1352