nitrosamine
nitrosamine
<em>N</em>-Nitroso amines, compounds of the structure R<small><sub>2</sub></small>NNO. Compounds RNHNO are not ordinarily isolable, but they, too, are nitrosamines. The name is a contraction of <em>N</em>-nitrosoamine and, as such, does not require the <em>N</em> locant.