Related Species
The compounds nitryl fluoride, NO2F, and nitryl chloride, NO2Cl, are not nitronium salts but rather molecular compounds, as shown by their low boiling points (−72 °C and −6 °C respectively) and short N-X bond lengths (N-F 135 pm, N-Cl 184 pm).
Addition of one electron forms the neutral nitryl radical, ·NO2; in fact, this is fairly stable and known as the compound nitrogen dioxide.
The related negatively charged species is NO−
2, the nitrite ion.
Read more about this topic: Nitronium Ion
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