What is Nitro compound?
{{no sources|date=September 2020}} [[Image:Nitro-group-2D.png|thumb|right|150px|The structure of the nitro group]] A '''nitro compound''' is a [[molecule]] that has the nitro [[functional group|group]]. The nitro group is made of one [[nitrogen]] atom connected with two [[oxygen]] atoms (-NO<sub>2</sub>). The nitrogen is also [[chemical bond|bonded]] to the rest of the molecule. Nitrogen normally has only three bonds. In a nitro group, the bond is considered positively charged. Then one bond of the oxygen is negatively charged, and the other has a [[double bond]]. In reality, the best way to represent the nitro group is to consider it to have [[delocalisation|delocalized electrons]]. Then all three atoms are [[Sp2|sp<sup>2</sup>]] [[Orbital hybridisation|hybridised]].{{Reference necessary}} == Reaction == Nitro compounds are very [[explosive]]. This is because, at high [[temperature]], nitro compounds can decompose and release nitrogen gas. This [[chemical reaction|reaction]] is very [[exothermic]] (gives out a lot of energy). Many explosives have nitro groups, for example [[trinitrotoluene]] (TNT). {{Functional group}} [[Category:Functional groups]] {{Chemistry-stub}}