hyponitriten.
/hʌɪpə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪtrʌɪt//hɪpə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪtrʌɪt/ Chemistry.
A salt of hyponitrous acid.
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Baldwin's phosphorusa1703
oxynitrate1809
trisnitrate1836
hyponitrite1846
trinitrate1868
1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 67/2 Hyponitrites may..be formed by moderately heating certain nitrates.
1873 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 11) 150 Salts..called respectively hyponitrites, nitrites, and nitrates.
1894 H. E. Roscoe & C. Schorlemmer Treat. Chem. I. 504 The formation of hyponitrites from derivatives of hydroxylamine shows that in these salts the oxygen atom must be between the nitrogen atom and that of the metal: N.O.K.
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