hyponitrite Chem.
(hɪpəʊ-, haɪpəʊˈnaɪtraɪt)
[f. hypo- 5 + nitrite.]
A salt of hyponitrous acid.
| 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 67/2 Hyponitrites may..be formed by moderately heating certain nitrates. 1873 Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 150 Salts called respectively hypo⁓nitrites, nitrites, and nitrates. 1894 Roscoe & Schorlemmer 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. |