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Systematic name: dioxonitric(III) acid
Nitrous acid is used to make diazides from amines; this occurs by nucleophilic attack of the amine onto the nitrite, reprotonation by the surrounding solvent, and double elimination of water. The diazide can then be liberated as a carbene .
See also: nitric acid ( H N O3)