Dichloramine
title: "Dichloramine" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["inorganic-amines", "inorganic-chlorine-compounds", "nitrogen-halides", "gases-with-color"] topic_path: "general/inorganic-amines" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloramine" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
| Verifiedfields = changed | verifiedrevid = 437036929 | ImageFileL1 = Dichloramine-2D.png | ImageClassL1 = skin-invert | ImageSizeL1 = 130 | ImageFileR1 = Dichloramine-3D-spacefill.png | ImageClassR1 = bg-transparent | ImageSizeR1 = 110 | IUPACName = Azonous dichloride | OtherNames = Chlorimide | Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers | InChI = 1/Cl2HN/c1-3-2/h3H | InChIKey = JSYGRUBHOCKMGQ-UHFFFAOYAB | StdInChI_Ref = | StdInChI = 1S/Cl2HN/c1-3-2/h3H | StdInChIKey_Ref = | StdInChIKey = JSYGRUBHOCKMGQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N | CASNo_Ref = | CASNo = 3400-09-7 | DTXSID = DTXSID4074936 | UNII_Ref = | UNII = KGU33GRT44 | PubChem = 76939 | ChemSpiderID_Ref = | ChemSpiderID = 69389 | SMILES = ClNCl | Section2 = {{Chembox Properties | Formula = | N=1 | Cl=2 | H=1 | Appearance = yellow gas | Density = | MeltingPt = | BoilingPt = | Solubility = | Section7 = {{Chembox Hazards | MainHazards = | FlashPt = | AutoignitionPt = | Section8 = {{Chembox Related | OtherCompounds = Dichloramine (IUPAC name: Azonous dichloride) is a reactive inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is one of the three chloramines of ammonia, the others being monochloramine () and nitrogen trichloride (). This yellow gas is unstable and reacts with many materials. It is formed by a reaction between ammonia and chlorine or sodium hypochlorite. It is a byproduct formed during the synthesis of monochloramine and nitrogen trichloride.
Synthesis
Dichloramine can be prepared by a reaction between monochloramine and chlorine or sodium hypochlorite:
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Reactions
Dichloramine reacts with the hydroxide ion, which can be present in water or comes from water molecules, to yield nitroxyl and the chloride ion.
References
References
- Holleman-Wiberg: Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie, 102. Auflage, Berlin 2007, {{ISBN. 978-3-11-017770-1.
- (1986). "The handbook of chlorination". Van Nostrand Reinhold.
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