Nitryl chloride is a volatile inorganic compound with formula ClNO₂. At standard conditions it is a gas.

Formation

Nitryl chloride can be formed in the reaction of

dinitrogen pentoxide Dinitrogen pentoxide (also known as nitrogen pentoxide or nitric anhydride) is the chemical compound with the formula . It is one of the binary nitrogen oxides, a family of compounds that contain only nitrogen and oxygen. It exists as colourless c ...

with chlorides or

hydrogen chloride The Chemical compound, compound hydrogen chloride has the chemical formula and as such is a hydrogen halide. At room temperature, it is a colorless gas, which forms white fumes of hydrochloric acid upon contact with atmospheric water vapor. Hyd ...

: :N₂O₅ + 2HCl → 2ClNO₂ + H₂O :N₂O₅ + NaCl → ClNO₂ + NaNO₃

Reactions

Nitryl chloride adds to

olefin In organic chemistry, an alkene, or olefin, is a hydrocarbon containing a carbon–carbon double bond. The double bond may be internal or at the terminal position. Terminal alkenes are also known as α-olefins. The International Union of Pu ...

s in a

radical reaction A free-radical reaction is any chemical reaction involving free radicals. This reaction type is abundant in organic reactions. Two pioneering studies into free radical reactions have been the discovery of the triphenylmethyl radical by Moses Gomb ...

References

{{Cite book , last=Stacey , first=F. W. , title=Organic Reactions , title-link=Organic Reactions , last2=Harris , first2=((J. F., Jr.)) , date=2004-04-30 , publisher=Wiley , isbn=978-0-471-26418-7 , editor-last=Denmark , editor-first=Scott E. , edition=1 , language=en , chapter=Formation of carbon-hetero atom bonds by free-radical chain additions to carbon-carbon multiple bonds , doi=10.1002/0471264180.or013.04 Nitro compounds Nitrogen oxohalides Nitrogen(V) compounds Oxychlorides Inorganic chlorine compounds