Dichloramine: Difference between revisions

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| OtherNames = Chlorimide

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| InChI = 1/Cl2HN/c1-3-2/h3H

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| Formula = {{chem2|NHCl2}}

| N=1 | Cl=2 | H=1

| Appearance = yellow gas<ref name="HoWi">Holleman-Wiberg: Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie, 102. Auflage, Berlin 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-11-017770-1}}.</ref>

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| OtherCompounds = {{ubl|[[Ammonia]]|[[Monochloramine]]|[[Nitrogen trichloride]]}}

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'''Dichloramine''' is a reactive [[inorganic compound]] with the [[chemical formula]] {{chem2|auto=1|NHCl2}}. It is one of the three [[chloramines]] of [[ammonia]], the others being [[monochloramine]] ({{chem2|NH2Cl}}) and [[nitrogen trichloride]] ({{chem2|NCl3}}). This yellow gas is unstable and reacts with many materials.<ref name="HoWi"/> 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.

Dichloramine can be prepared by a reaction between [[monochloramine]] and [[chlorine]] or [[sodium hypochlorite]]:<ref name="HoWi"/>

:{{chem2|NH2Cl + Cl2 → NHCl2 + [[Hydrogen chloride|HCl]]}}

== 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]].<ref name="White Chlorine">{{cite book|last1=White|first1=George Clifford|title=The handbook of chlorination|date=1986|publisher=Van Nostrand Reinhold|location=New York|isbn=0-442-29285-6|pages=169|edition=2nd}}</ref>

{{Nitrogen compounds}}

[[Category:Gases with color]]