Hydroxylamine and Nitroamine

H -I- HNO2 NO -I- H2O NO -I- NH3OH NH3ONO -I- H A NH3ONO ONNH2OH B ONNH2OH - HONNOH-l-H CW-H2N2O2 N2O-1-H2O 

Bennett et also claim that the nitric acid oxidation of hydroxyl-amine gives dinitrogen in addition to the products described previously. This is attributed to the reaction between hyponitrous acid and nitrous acid, which seems unlikely. Nevertheless, this is an interesting observation, and clearly there is considerable scope for the use of labels in sorting out these problems of stoicheiometry and mechanism. 

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